In Green Party of Connecticut v. Garfield, federal judge Stefan Underhill ruled that Connecticut’s taxpayer financing system for state and legislative candidates is unconstitutional but stayed the ruling pending the state’s appeal. CCP’s Amicus Brief can be found here.
| Court Filings & Rulings | |
| Ruling | |
| CCP Amicus Brief | |
| News | |
| Waterbury Republican-American: State’s public financing law for campaigns in limbo | |
| Hartford Courant: State Legislators Still Trying To Revise Campaign Finance Law | |
| The CT Mirror: Committee rewrites public campaign financing rule | |
| Online & Blogs | |
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Ballot Access News: Connecticut Green Party Files Brief in 2nd Circuit in Public Funding Case |
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| CCP: Bysiewicz’s dirty double-talk on clean elections | |
| CCP: No campaign finance fix in Conn. special session | |
| Press Releases | |
| CCP files brief in Conn. taxpayer financed campaigns case; 12/22/2009 | |
| CCP: Judge shuts down taxpayer funded campaigns in Connecticut; 8/28/2009 |
