The attorneys the LPNC has been working with on the ballot access lawsuit discovered something buried in some state tax law changes (S.B. 1177) passed by the General Assembly last session and signed into law in early July. The GA has implemented an important change in the N.C. Political Parties Financing Fund that was requested by Gary Bartlett at the State Board of Elections office to resolve a conflict in the definition of “political party” between the state’s election law (G.S. 163) and the public campaign financing law in G.S. 105-159.1. I’m happy to report that the N.C. Political Parties Financing Fund now refers to G.S. 163-96 for that definition instead of establishing some arbitrary requirement within G.S. 105. Consequently, this means the LPNC will have equal treatment under the N.C. Political Parties Financing Fund as other qualified political parties, and will be able to receive their proportionate and designated shares of that fund.

Here are the documents of note: