Campaign Finance Reform and Incentives to Voluntarily Limit Candidate Spending From Personal Funds Constitutional Issues Raised by Public Subsidies and Variable Contribution Limits

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Campaign funds.

Constitutional law.

Judge-made law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Contained In:

ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] [publisher not identified] 2001

Summary:

Provides overview of Supreme Court ruling in Buckley volume Valeo that spending limits, including the amount a candidate can spend on his or her own campaign from personal funds, are unconstitutional unless they are voluntarily accepted in exchange for some form of public financing. Discusses Constitutional issues raised by public subsidies and variable contribution limit incentives designed to increase voluntary compliance with a personal funds expenditure limit

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Microfiche version Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Campaign Finance Reform and Incentives to Voluntarily Limit Candidate Spending From Personal Funds

Publisher Number:

CRS-2001-AML-0019

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