A. Ham Sandwich
Posted on 06/28/2024 2:25:01 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
As Democrats grapple with President Joe Biden’s poor performance on the debate stage Thursday night, some are wondering if and how he could be replaced, but campaign finance laws might stand in the way of that.
The campaign to reelect Biden has fundraised no small amount of money — it has $195 million on hand as of the last time campaign funds were reported. Despite the poor performance, Biden’s campaign is reporting it raised $14 million through online fundraising the night of the debate and the following morning.
Still, if Biden does in fact drop out of the race, the money can only be transferred to one woman: Vice President Kamala Harris. Campaign finance laws do not allow for just anyone nominated by a party to receive funds that were not directly donated to them.
Because Harris is on the ticket, however, she would be the only one who could replace Biden while keeping the pot of cash. This is because the funds were already at Harris’s disposal as she is currently on the ticket.
“She would maintain access to all the funds in the committee and could use them to advance her presidential candidacy,” Shanna Ports, senior legal counsel at the Campaign Legal Center, told the Wall Street Journal.
Pro-Biden super PACs could keep their money, but campaign finance law prohibits those PACs from directly coordinating with campaigns.
Harris doesn’t immediately receive the nomination just because she is vice president and there is a list of people Democrats are eyeing for a 2028 run who could replace Biden.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...
“Campaign finance laws do not allow …”
Has this clown not been watching the democrats and their pure contempt for Law?
A. Ham Sandwich
Well...this is an issue that wouldn’t last long - their base is willing to fork over the cash quickly and often...unlike ours...which apparently requires something drastic like our candidate to get unjustly convicted of a farce of a crime before they wake and up and say “oh...I guess we better actually try to win this election” rather than leaving our candidates to twist in the wind.
I think the biggest problem if they replace Biden is what to do with all the ballots already filled out for Biden? Imagine Biden still getting 80 million votes with another democrat running??? Ooops
If Biden withdraws, how much campaign money will he be allowed to keep?
So they ignore the law, transfer and spend the money, and 2-3 years later pay a 10K fine.
How would a “medical event” affect the salary of members of Congress?
The more I hear the more convinced I am that they are stuck with Biden....or an even worse option: Heels Up Harris.
The greatest ballot reprinting effort in the history of the nation.
No he can’t. His polling in the South and the Midwest is FAR worse than Bidens...and it has been for a long time. The voters already know him and they don’t trust him one bit.
Oops, I read that wrong.
Perhaps the states' courts could deem that those votes are for his replacement. Anybody contesting that would either have no standing or will have filed too late.
You know, the usual.
I’ve seen those too but the nomination hasn’t happened yet so I don’t know how that can be true?
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