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Council tweaks public campaign financing ordinance after public complaints about earlier budget cut
Summary
On Oct. 6 the Anne Arundel County Council amended the county’s public campaign-financing ordinance to clarify disbursement deadlines and to create additional administrative pathways for supplementing the fund, after public callers urged restoration of a larger recommended allocation.
The Anne Arundel County Council revised its public campaign-financing ordinance (Bill 7-125) on Oct. 6, adopting multiple amendments intended to clarify disbursement timing and give the county additional pathways to restore or supplement the fund outside the annual budget cycle.
Key amendments adopted:
- Amendment 7 (adopted): Changes the controller’s disbursement deadline from three business days to "promptly, but no later than 10 business days," giving county finance staff more time to verify matching contributions.
- Amendment 8 (adopted 3–4; procedural; see…
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