Nbadan
10-15-2004, 01:10 PM
The new age facists want to shut it all down...
Election rules could reach Internet
Court ruling: Extend some finance and spending limits to Net
Wednesday, October 13, 2004 Posted: 4:20 PM EDT (2020 GMT)
WASHINGTON (AP) -- With political fund raising, campaign advertising and organizing taking place in full swing over the Internet, it may just be a matter of time before the Federal Election Commission joins the action.
Well, that time may be now.
A recent federal court ruling says the FEC must extend some of the nation's new campaign finance and spending limits to political activity on the Internet. (Special Report: America Votes 2004, the money)
Long reluctant to step into online political activity, the agency is considering whether to appeal.
SNIP
The laws may not always apply to the Internet as they would to other venues, Wertheimer said, "but by the same token the Internet cannot become a major avenue for evading and circumventing campaign finance laws on the grounds that people just want the Internet free from regulation of any kind."
I wonder if Kori would have to register this forum as a 527? We can't have people exchanging Ideas for nothing, now can we?
Election rules could reach Internet
Court ruling: Extend some finance and spending limits to Net
Wednesday, October 13, 2004 Posted: 4:20 PM EDT (2020 GMT)
WASHINGTON (AP) -- With political fund raising, campaign advertising and organizing taking place in full swing over the Internet, it may just be a matter of time before the Federal Election Commission joins the action.
Well, that time may be now.
A recent federal court ruling says the FEC must extend some of the nation's new campaign finance and spending limits to political activity on the Internet. (Special Report: America Votes 2004, the money)
Long reluctant to step into online political activity, the agency is considering whether to appeal.
SNIP
The laws may not always apply to the Internet as they would to other venues, Wertheimer said, "but by the same token the Internet cannot become a major avenue for evading and circumventing campaign finance laws on the grounds that people just want the Internet free from regulation of any kind."
I wonder if Kori would have to register this forum as a 527? We can't have people exchanging Ideas for nothing, now can we?