1) The government then will imprison / fine any candidate to accept money from Non US citizens, probably doable. But every campaign contribution would have to be KYC’d. This creates a lot of overhead of tracking and compliance which means it will advantage large parties.
2) The government then will imprison or fine anyone who contributes money to a candidate. This would violate free speech and freedom to assemble, perhaps other rights. Not to mention If I’m running a campaign and you make it illegal for someone to give me money, then they just give money to my brother, or a loosely connected Nonprofit. Then my brother or this nonprofit spends their money saying really nice things about me and saying mean things about my competition. Getting my voters registered, etc. If not my brother, then my friends. Or a fan club. It’s a game of Wack-a-mole.
3) The government imprisons or fines any candidate that doesn’t participate in the sanctioned debate event. I would doubt the government could actually require participation.
4) The government gets to imprison or fine any candidate that doesn’t meet a standard of behavior during the debate. (likely enforced asymmetrically against candidates the “government” doesn’t like). Violates free speech unless your standard of behavior is not threatening violence. The abuse would be pretty authoritarian.
DefiantDandelion /
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2024-05-21 19:11:55
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2024-05-21 19:11:55Event JSON
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