Could Hillary's campaign pay for a FL/MI do-over without creating conflict of interest?

[joshcryer]

I wonder this because June is quite a ways out, and it would be an interesting PR coup if she raised the money so that those states could do the revote.

It'd be even better if she came out with Obama to do fund raisers in certain states to get the do-over to happen, democratically.

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

1. No way can either candidate fund a voting process... can't be proper

[joshcryer]

2. Probably right. That's a shame, but you're probably right.

[JimGinPA]

3. She Doesn't Want A Do Over - Just The Delegates She Thinks She Got

[joshcryer]

5. Not true, I think she'd get more political capital by winning FL and MI twice.

More political capital than she could get by proposing to seat them, anyway. This is why not only her, but her campaign, is cozying up to the idea.

[JimGinPA]

8. It Would Just Postpone The Inevitable

She sees the SD's moving To Obama and she has no way to stop it.

[Pab Sungenis]

4. It might be the only way she could do it.

However, since I can sympathize with those who want those states to have a voice, and the fact that it has to be done according to party rules, I'd probably make a donation to Clinton earmarked for the "new caucus" expense.

[monmouth]

6. Think I read the cost would be approx. $18-20 million...Whew....n/t

[joshcryer]

7. Both campaigns can raise 50 million a month for 3 months.

It's reasonable enough, imo. This is the richest country in the world, the money can be raised.

[dchill]

9. Like they would care...

if it created another conflict of interest.

[mohc]

10. If they are party run primaries

I don't think there would be an issue with the candidates doing fund raising. Party run would be a lot more complicated and possibly more expensive as they would not necessarily be allowed to use the infrastructure the states have in place, they might have to provide their own voting machines for example. Having them be state run would be much simpler, but I really do not know what kind of mechanisms exist that would allow an outside party to fund a state function like that. And without outside funding I do not believe either Florida or Michigan could really afford the cost. State run would also require legislative approval which may be hard to come by in those states.