[EL] Why is GOP holding convention early? Its the regulation

[Smith, Brad]

“Why the GOP is Holding Its Convention Early”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63112>
Posted on July 9, 2014 6:20 am<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=63112> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Byron Tau reports<http://www.politico.com/story/2014/07/cleveland-republican-national-convention-2016-elections-108681.html> for Politico. (It’s about the campaign $)

Really, it's more about campaign regulation, which determines when and how you can raise funds. The GOP's fund-raising capacity is what it is. It's the regulation that distorts the campaign and forces convention planners to work around its rules.

I would respectfully suggest that if $2600 for the primary and $2600 for the general are not "corrupting," $5200 for the primary and general, to be used as the campaign sees fit, are not corrupting either.


Bradley A. Smith

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