by Brian Irving
LPNC Communications Director

Among the several changes in election law enacted by the General Assembly last year was the elimination of the mechanism by which state taxpayers could designate a tiny fraction of what they owed for any of North Carolina’s political parties—the Political Party Financing Fund. Libertarians are pleased this fund has been abolished. The state has no business funding political parties. But we’re concerned about the way it was eliminated, and the cavalier manner by which the legislature ignored the express wishes …