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Town approves pilot election fund program
By Sarah Riazati | June 12The Chapel Hill Town Council approved a pilot public campaign-financing program, in the works for five years, at its meeting June 9. The program will begin with the fall 2009 municipal elections. Chapel Hill is the first N.C. municipality to enact this type of program. The General Assembly authorized the town to do so in 2007. Using the fund is voluntary for candidates, but for taxpayers, contributing to the fund is not. "This involves taxpayers' money," council member Matt Czajkowski said. "It comes at a time when taxes have increased 11 percent."
