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For Immediate Release
May 29, 2003
Contact: Jesse Rutledge, N.C. Center for Voter Education,
(919) 839-1200

U.S. Sen. John McCain Appears in Ad to Support North Carolina Campaign Finance Reform

RALEIGH - In a major boost for the public profile of campaign finance reform in North Carolina, United States Senator John McCain (R-Arizona) is appearing in newspaper advertising in which he endorses the state’s innovative judicial campaign reform plan. The plan will bring public financing to North Carolina’s statewide judicial elections in 2004.

The ad is part of the NC Center for Voter Education’s effort to promote the Public Campaign Financing Fund. In the ad, McCain says: “We need to protect judicial elections from the threat of special interest influence if we are going to maintain the people’s confidence and trust in the administration of justice.”

“Senator McCain is the pre-eminent national spokesman for campaign finance reform,” said Robert Morgan, the former US Senator who is President of the Center for Voter Education. “His endorsement of the North Carolina judicial campaign reform plan will bring in new supporters, and it highlights North Carolina as a national leader in campaign reform.”

In his testimonial-style ad, Senator McCain notes: “North Carolina has taken the national lead in upholding public trust and protecting its courts from perceived influence with an innovative campaign reform plan.”

Senator McCain is joined in his support of the program by the Presidents of the six largest bar associations in the state. Recently, the six Presidents distributed a joint letter to attorneys across North Carolina urging them to support the program with voluntary financial donations.

The advertising is being paid for by the NC Center for Voter Education. The Center worked with the Reform Institute, a Washington, DC-based campaign reform organization of which Senator McCain is Chair of the Advisory Committee, to design the advertising. More information about North Carolina’s judicial campaign reform program is available at a special website, www.ncjudges.org.

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