Posted on 06/24/2015 11:36:23 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
“Confused...is it the FEC forcing the change, or the Cruz Campaign. If the latter, it is pretty dumb.”
The FEC is saying the name has to be approved by the candidate if the candidate’s name is in the title. That is good sense. If this were not the case, any group for anything could use the name of a candidate in their title. Such as, “Body Snatchers for Rubio”, “Undertakers for Carson”. Candidates should have control over the use of their name.
FEC has rules for PACs. A PAC is allowed to independently raise money and make independent expenditures for a candidate. FEC is telling them their paperwork is not complete if they claim to be independent.
A club printing t-shirts is not necessarily a PAC.
People who donated to this PAC may think the money is going to Cruz. It says it supports Cruz. It may or may not support Cruz (although it is making money off of him), but it isn't Cruz's official campaign.
Well .. it might increase BOAT sales .. LOL
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