Unlimited Individual Recount Donations OK

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WASHINGTON - Presidential and congressional candidates can raise unlimited donations to finance recounts as President Bush and Al Gore did for their high-stakes Florida dispute in 2000.

Four of the Federal Election Commission 's six members said Thursday that the FEC's long-standing rule on recount fund raising remains in effect, which means federal candidates can set up separate recount funds and finance them with unlimited donations from individual contributors. Candidates cannot accept corporate, union or foreign money.

The FEC's guidance was issued informally in comments by a majority of the commissions members. The commission stopped short of issuing a formal advisory opinion on the matter after a Senate candidate withdrew his request for one.

At issue was what effect, if any, a 2002 campaign finance law had on recount fund raising. The law prohibits national party committees and presidential and congressional candidates from raising corporate, union and unlimited contributions for election costs.

The Bush campaign has argued that nothing in the law affects recount fund raising.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=1963&e=6&u=/ap/20041028/ap_on_el_pr/recount_fund_raising

[aquart]

1. They hope to batter us with recounts till we give up. We won't.

Never again.

[SoCalDem]

2. The operative term is "recount".

Any area that uses "vapor-voting" will not even be able to be recounted.. They will just run the numbers again..Garbage in..garbage out.

If there are shenanigans, you can be assured that they will occur in "those" areas.:(

[prayin4rain]

4. That's what I am saying---what the hell do they mean 'recount'?

Recount what????? I can't believe this no paper trail voting.

[shance]

3. Problem: If you don't have a paper trail, there is no valid recount.

There ya have it.