Summary
Legislation that would allow candidates to use public money to run for office has been coming up since 2002. But advocates say this year might be the last chance for West Virginia to join the three states that have enacted similar laws in a bid to end the "money arms race" of electoral politics.
The proposal has been gaining momentum, according to Kanawha County Sen. Vic Sprouse, one of the Senate bill's Republican sponsors. If it doesn't happen this year, he said, he can't imagine it happening in 2008, an election year for most state lawmakers.See the full content of this document
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Campaign Bill has Chance, Sprouse Says
"If it's going to pass, this is the year it's going to pass," Sprouse said.
Since 2000, Arizona, Maine and Connecticut have passed similar laws...See the full content of this document
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