“Election Commission to suggest permanent public financing for Supreme Court elections”

The State Election Commission appeared to finalize plans to propose
legislation that would make permanent the public financing pilot program
used by now-Supreme Court Justice Allen Loughry during his 2012
campaign.…Secretary of State Natalie Tennant, a member of the SEC, said she was
disappointed the pilot program did not have a more positive outcome. “However, the court has given guidance in addition to declaring the
current pilot project to be constitutionally flawed,” she said after the
ruling. “I hope the Legislature will now see the importance of
protecting the integrity of our judicial system and will take action to
implement public financing for future judicial elections.”