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re: For those who want to help Republican Senate Candidates...
Posted on 9/30/18 at 7:59 am to Boatshoes
Posted on 9/30/18 at 7:59 am to Boatshoes
I don’t think you understand campaign finance laws. Super pacs do not make contributions to candidates. They make independent expenditures in support of or opposition to candidates, and the expenditures cannot be coordinated with the campaign committee (ie coordinated communications) or else it is deemed a contribution to the campaign, which is in turn subject to contribution limits.
While a super pac can accept unlimited contributions, contributing hard dollars to a campaign committee also has benefits notwithstanding the contribution limits to campaign committees. One example is the cost to buy TV spots. It costs less for a candidate committee to run an ad per FCC regulations. Additionally, the are other expenditures that a campaign can make to get out the vote that an IE simply cannot do.
Both types of political committees have roles in the big picture (in addition to PACs, which I see another poster misunderstands), but no group is just bundling $50k or $100k contribution directly to a candidate. Regular pacs have limits on how much they can contribute to a candidate, and super pacs cannot contribute to candidates because it would be deemed coordination.
While a super pac can accept unlimited contributions, contributing hard dollars to a campaign committee also has benefits notwithstanding the contribution limits to campaign committees. One example is the cost to buy TV spots. It costs less for a candidate committee to run an ad per FCC regulations. Additionally, the are other expenditures that a campaign can make to get out the vote that an IE simply cannot do.
Both types of political committees have roles in the big picture (in addition to PACs, which I see another poster misunderstands), but no group is just bundling $50k or $100k contribution directly to a candidate. Regular pacs have limits on how much they can contribute to a candidate, and super pacs cannot contribute to candidates because it would be deemed coordination.
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