The Washington Post review of the North Carolina election law just keeps delivering the goods.  North Carolina Republicans ended the wasteful practice of state taxpayer money going to political candidates and the biased formula used to give more to Democrat candidates. Of course, the adopted formula was no accident with the money being shelled out based on total registered voter totals in the state.  The Democrats maintained a large advantage in registrations despite very competitive races.  Public financing of candidates was not good enough based on principle or policy reasons.  The Democrats had to rig the registration advantage to unfairly send more tax payer money to their Democratic candidates.  The fact that Republicans have now passed a law to stop sending taxpayer money to candidates is a principled stand and one that happens to be popular.  Any complaint by the voter advocacy groups or civil rights groups over the years.  Not a peep.

Public financing is gonzo. State tax returns used to
have a $3 check-off box, which allowed voters to put money into a fund
that went to state parties. The money was doled out on the basis of how
many registered voters a party had, so Democrats were getting a much
larger share of the cash than Republicans. Section 38.1 ends that
practice, meaning state Democratic and Republican Parties are going to
have to fend for themselves. The section also ends public financing of
judicial elections, which Democrats see as the first step toward a
national campaign against judges on behalf of some conservative business
interests.