Bradley Smith, chairman of the Center for Competitive Politics and former chairman of the Federal Election Commission, discusses the negative impact of taxpayer-funded election campaigns. He offered these comments during a March 19, 2009, presentation in Raleigh for the Federalist Society, John Locke Foundation, and N.C. Institute for Constitutional Law.
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