A Compelling Case for Campaign Finance Reform – Virginia Commonwealth’s Attorneys
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13 responses to “A Compelling Case for Campaign Finance Reform – Virginia Commonwealth’s Attorneys”
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Hate to break it to you, but the reporters you look to for outrage and revelation are just as dependent on that out of state ideologically tainted money.
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The reporters have revealed it. One of Mr. Sherlock’s links is to this Washington Post article, which goes into the funding of CA elections in some detail. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/legal-issues/pac-funded-by-george-soros-pumps-nearly-1-million-into-local-races-for-prosecutor/2019/06/04/c2df1b08-86f0-11e9-a491-25df61c78dc4_story.html.
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I have done a quick search of prior BR posts and I could not find similar howls of outrage from conservatives over all the out-of-state Koch Brothers money flowing into Virginia politics several years back. It seems that conservatives get really worked up over campaign finance reform only when liberals and Democrats learn how to play the game.
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You will notice I support the restrictions currently in laws in both blue and red states. Virginia’s lack of any restrictions is a disgrace to both parties here.
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I have proposed numerous times to various state delegates and senators easy ways to control campaign contributions. This included proposals for the federal elections as well. All have told me that it is unworkable but I don’t see why not. It is very simple. Only people who live in a delegate or senators district can donate to campaign. For state wide offices only people who live in VA can donate. And work on their campaigns also. (And college students going to school in VA can’t do either). The same would apply for federal elections of Congress. The President and VP are nationwide. Maximum contribution a year is 500 dollars. Period. No Bon Jovi campaigning for Clinton and No Charlton Heston campaigning for Trump. No Pacs or union or trade groups donating money for a candidate. No Bruce Springsteen or Aaron Rodgers campaigning for a candidate. If a group wants to run an issue ad they can but they have to list who is running the ad prominently and they cannot in any way shape or form mention a candidate pro or con. None of these groups can offer any form of assistance to a candidate, not workers , not office space not anything. Never happen though. That means everybody.
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Amen!
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Rather than changing the law to deal with one specific problem case, it’s better to deal with the specific problem case – namely, the Soros intention to crash public safety by getting the weakest and most radical-left CAs elected.
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I don’t know how to do that without changing Virginia law. Do you?
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I do, but I don’t want to give out the strategy just yet. It will be much better when it takes them by surprise.
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Would y’all prohibit folks who moved from VA to elsewhere from contributing to a VA candidate? Money is fungible. How may it be prohibited in a state from entering the state? Does reform also mean Virginians would be prohibited from contributing to candidates in other states? Attempting campaign finance reform by geography except from foreign sources is a foolish endeavor. Neither the Kochs nor Soros have been declared inherently evil or malicious or intent upon overthrowing a state government. If campaign contributions were limited to only state residents, establishing a business to receive covert $$$ in-state for contributions would be similar to straw gun purchases. It might be best and simplest to remove the free $$$ market from political campaigns and fund them publicly.
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