In November, a group of Alaskans filed suit against the Alaska Public Offices Commission in an effort to overturn Alaska's limits on campaign contributions, raising questions about the constitutionality of limits.
Those questions are the subject of a debate at Bear Tooth Theatrepub in Anchorage, hosted by Arguing Alaska, a collaborative effort between the Seawolf Debate Program and Alaska Dispatch News. The debate series brings experts together to debate important policy issues, and the debates themselves are meant to enlighten, provoke thought and promote conversation.
Arguing in support of striking down campaign contribution limits will be Joe Miller, an Alaska attorney and former Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, and University of Alaska Anchorage Economics Professor Kyle Hampton. On the other side, arguing to maintain limits, will be Eric Croft, a candidate for the Anchorage Assembly and former Alaska legislator who once ran as a Democratic candidate for governor, and state Rep. Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins, D-Sitka.
Watch the debate live.