Post by Logan on Mar 26, 2016 3:29:40 GMT -6
MONTPELIER — The Senate has given its approval to a bill intended to make publicly financed political campaigns more viable.
By a vote of 19 to 6, Senate lawmakers Friday approved S.220, a bill that moves up the date a candidate seeking public financing can start a campaign, which supporters say will allow these candidates to better compete with those who are privately financed.
“My feeling is, we shouldn’t privilege publicly financed candidates, but we shouldn’t punish them, either,” said Sen. Philip Baruth, D-Chittenden, the lead sponsor of the bill.
The punishment Baruth is referring to is the amount of lead time a privately financed candidate has over one seeking public financing.
Read more: www.timesargus.com/article/20160326/NEWS03/160329709
By a vote of 19 to 6, Senate lawmakers Friday approved S.220, a bill that moves up the date a candidate seeking public financing can start a campaign, which supporters say will allow these candidates to better compete with those who are privately financed.
“My feeling is, we shouldn’t privilege publicly financed candidates, but we shouldn’t punish them, either,” said Sen. Philip Baruth, D-Chittenden, the lead sponsor of the bill.
The punishment Baruth is referring to is the amount of lead time a privately financed candidate has over one seeking public financing.
Read more: www.timesargus.com/article/20160326/NEWS03/160329709