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Elections and Campaigns
Campaign and Election Reform
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Campaign & Election ReformTwo major types of
criticisms have emerged in recent years concerning U.S. campaigns & elections
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Campaign & Election Reform
(1) Campaign spending(2) Local control of the
voting process
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Campaign Spending
Spending for campaigns & elections are criticized for many reasons
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Campaign Spending
Last major reforms were passed in 1974
Largely as a result of abuses exposed by Watergate scandal
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Reform Act of 1974
Six-person FEC was formed to oversee election contributions & expenditures & to investigate & prosecute violators
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Reform Act of 1974
All contributions over $100 must be disclosed—no cash contributions over $100 are allowed
No foreign contributions are allowed
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Reform Act of 1974
Individual contributions are limited to:
$1,000 per candidate$20,000 to a national party
committee$5,000 to a PAC
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Reform Act of 1974Corporation or other
association is allowed to establish a PAC
PAC contributions are limited to $5,000 per candidate & $15,000 to a national party
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Reform Act of 1974
Federal matching funds are provided for major candidates in primaries
All campaign costs of major candidates in the general election were to be paid by the government
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Campaign & Election ReformAfter the election of 1996
criticisms of campaigns became so strong that special congressional hearings were called to investigate them
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Campaign & Election ReformAmong the criticisms was
the overall expense of both Democratic & Republican campaigns
More money was spent in 1996 than in any previous campaign
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Campaign & Election ReformPresident Clinton & Vice
President Gore were criticized for soliciting campaign funds from their offices & the White House
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Campaign & Election ReformAnother major accusation
was that contributions were accepted from foreigners (suspected of expecting favors for themselves or their countries in return)
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Campaign & Election ReformElection finance reform was
the major theme of Senator John McCain’s campaign for the presidency in 2000
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Campaign & Election ReformMcCain particularly criticized
soft moneyFunds not specified for
candidates’ campaigns—but given to political parties for “party building” activities
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Campaign & Election ReformMcCain & many others
claimed that this money made its way into campaigns anyway
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Campaign & Election ReformAlthough McCain did not win
the Republican nomination, he carried his cause back to the Senate
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Campaign & Election ReformPartly as a result of the
publicity during McCain’s campaign, a major reform bill passed the Senate in 2001
House failed to pass it
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Campaign & Election ReformElection of 2000 was by far
the most expensive in U.S. history
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Campaign & Election ReformMajor reform legislation was
finally passed by both houses & signed by President Bush in spring of 2002
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Campaign & Election ReformReforms—which had been
stalled in the House—were passed partly in response to questions about energy giant Enron & its contributions to both political parties during 2000 campaign
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Campaign & Election ReformNew legislation bans soft
moneyBut increased individual
contributions from $1,000 to $2,000 per candidate
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Election 2000: Local Control of the Voting ProcessProblems with counting the votes
in Florida during the 2000 presidential election led to widespread criticism of long accepted tradition in American politics
Local control of the voting process
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Election 2000: Local Control of the Voting Process
When Florida’s votes were first counted, Republican Bush received only a few hundred more votes than did Democrat Gore
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An automatic recount narrowed the margin of victory further
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Election 2000: Local Control of the Voting Process
Since the outcome of the election rested on Florida’s vote counts, the struggle to determine who actually won was carried under a national spotlight
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Election 2000: Local Control of the Voting Process
America watched as local officials tried to recount ballots in a system where local voting methods & regulations varied widely
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Election 2000: Local Control of the Voting Process
Some precincts had electronic voting machines known for their accuracy & reliability
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Others used paper punch ballots that often left “hanging chads”
Those ballots might not be counted by the machines that processed them
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Election 2000: Local Control of the Voting Process
Recount process was governed by the broad principle of determining “intent to vote” that precincts interpreted in different ways
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Election 2000: Local Control of the Voting Process
Important questions were raised:
Are all votes counted?
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Election 2000: Local Control of the Voting Process
Are votes in poor precincts that cannot afford expensive voting machines less likely to be counted than are those in affluent areas?
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Election 2000: Local Control of the Voting Process
Do variations in voting processes subvert the most basic of all rights in a democracy . .
The right to vote?
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These problems existed in most states across the country
Caused many to suggest national reform of the voting process
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Some advocate nationalizing elections so that all voters use the same types of machines under the same uniform rules
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Others have pressured Congress to provide funds for poor precincts to purchase new voting machines
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Even the Supreme Court—in its Bush v. Gore decision that governed the outcome of the elections—suggested that the states rethink their voting processes