Campaign finance
- 1. CAMPAIGN FINANCE Courtney Mann , Alley Dever , and Will Harris
- 2. ELECTION SPENDING ?2012 : 1.03 billion ?2010 : 288 million ?2008 : 286 million ?2006 : 60 million ?2004 : 190 million
- 3. TOP SPENDING ?2004 : Bush ?2008 : Obama ?2012 : Obama
- 4. CAMPAIGN REFORM ACT ?Originally signed in the 1970¡¯s . ?It was established in an attempt to regulate campaign finance by legislation
- 5. HARD MONEY ? money given directly to a candidate to assist .
- 6. SOFT MONEY ?Money that can be spent by a political party. ?Can be used towards grass roots organizations, recruitment, advertising, etc.¡ ?Must be put in a NON- federal bank account can¡¯t be used towards president or elections
- 7. FAT CATS ? Wealthy contributor To campaign fund.
- 8. BUCKLEY VS. VALEO ? Lawsuit filed due to the passing of amendments to federal election campaign 1971 ? Limited contributions to federal office ? Provided for public financing of president elections ? limited expenditures by candidates and associated committees ? Filed by James L. Buckley ? Against Francis R Valeo, court decided in favor of valeo except the limited expenditures law was canceled.
- 9. C I T I Z E N S U N I T E D V S. F E D E RA L ELECTIONS COMMISSION ? Supreme court case in which the court held that the first amendment prohibited the government from restricting independent political expenditures by corporations and unions
- 10. WORK CITED PAGE ? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bipatisan_Rampaign_Reform_Act ? http://www.usnews.com/opinion/articles/2008/10/21/data-points- presidential-campaign ? http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/13/campaign-finance- reform_n_2122811.html ? http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=us&vol=424& invol=1 ? http://dictionary.reference.com/