Campaign Finance Reform and Incentives to Voluntarily Limit Candidate Spending From Personal Funds : Constitutional Issues Raised by Public Subsidies and Variable Contribution Limits.
Provides overview of Supreme Court ruling in Buckley v. 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 Constituti...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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| Series: | U.S. Congressional Research.
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| Summary: | Provides overview of Supreme Court ruling in Buckley v. 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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| Item Description: | Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed July 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |