Briggs v. Department of Services for Children, Youth and Their Families/Division of Family Services

How courts have described this case

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• noting that “popular vote totals in the last election are a proper measure of public support”
• observing that Buckley left unresolved whether exacting scrutiny or some \less searching standard\ applies to claims that a public financing system's qualification criteria discriminate against certain candidates
• observing that Buckley left unresolved whether exacting scrutiny or some “less searching standard” applies to claims that a public financing system’s qualification criteria discriminate against certain candidates
• matching funds impose “a substantial burden on the exercise of First Amendment rights” (internal quotation marks omitted)
• matching funds impose “a substantial burden on the exercise of First Amendment rights” (internal quotation marks omitted)
• affirming the validity of a state’s interest in not funding “hopeless” candidates through a public campaign funding system

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