A Ben & Jerry’s co-founder has joined a campaign finance lawsuit, according to this report. He and his wife Elizabeth contacted Burlington lawyer, John Franco, over the weekend about the case, joining three other Vermont residents who claim the state laws violate their federal civil rights, according to the docket.
According to this Burlington Free Press story, a progressive will refund contributions. State law allows candidates to accept $1,000 from an individual per election. Because independents don’t take part in a primary, they may accept $1,000 for the full election cycle while major-party candidates may accept $1,000 for the primary and another $1,000 for the […]
Does Vermont have a campaign finance law? It’s not a new question to those who have followed the law there and is making news because of comments by a high-ranking official. The top Democrat in the Vermont Senate is facing criticism for comments he made this week that Gov. Jim Douglas’ vetoes of campaign finance […]