Voter Owned Elections

SCOTUS Leads Attack on Public Funding of Elections

Davis v. Federal Election Commission, the recent United States Supreme Court case striking down the federal "Millionaire's Amendment" to the McCain-Feingold Act (the Bipartisan Campaign Finance Reform Act of 2003 or "BCRA"), illustrates the hostility of the current SCOTUS to campaign finance regulation--but it also throws in reasoning which could invalidate the public financing systems of several states (Maine and Arizona) and the City of Portland’s Voter Owned Elections.