Please forgive me if this is a silly question, but why would anyone give
such donations to the electors; that is to say, what, exactly, would the
500+ electors be able to do with those $2000 donations that the contributor
herself could not do to much greater effect with the combined funds?

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "ban@richardwinger.com" <richardwinger@yahoo.com>
To: <election-law_gl@majordomo.lls.edu>
Sent: Saturday, October 11, 2003 1:44 PM
Subject: another loophole in federal donation limit?

Federal campaign law limits to $2,000 the amount an
individual can donate to a candidate for federal
office.  Has anyone ever considered the idea that a
candidate for presidential elector is (or is not) a
candidate for federal office?  If so, since both major
parties and a few minor parties typically have 538
candidates for presidential elector, a rich individual
could perhaps donate $2,000 to each one of them, for a
combined total of just over $1,000,000.

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