FEC May Tighten Restrictions On Internet Political Activity
Mon Feb 14 2005 10:38:41 ET
The Federal Election Commission next month will begin looking at tightening restrictions on political activities on the Internet, ROLL CALL reports Monday.
The FEC is planning to examine the question of how Internet activities, when coordinated with candidates' campaigns, fit into the definition of 'public communications.
Specifically, the FEC is planning to examine the question of how Internet activities, when coordinated with candidates' campaigns, fit into the definition of "public communications." While coordinated communications are considered campaign contributions and therefore subject to strict contribution limits, current FEC regulations adopted in 2002 carve out an exemption for coordinated political communications that are transmitted over the Internet.
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If it is an area where Republicans traditionally do better, it's free speech. If it an area where progressives are doing well, then it needs more government regulation.
This is about Howard Dean and the last election cycle. Howard Dean's campaign revolutionized the way the internet was used in politics, so the Republican Party will be out to neutralize that threat. As Drudge says:
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-The Oklahoma Hippy
Howard Dean was so succesful, he didn't even win his own party's nomination.
ReplyDeleteScary indeed.
Your years of listening to Right Wing radio has apparently had an effect...
ReplyDeleteWhether he won the nomination or not is, quite simply, not the point. He raised more money than any other Democrat before him. He showed the Democratic Party a new model for fundraising and organizing grassroots efforts.
The opposition knows that the Democrats can stay competitive this way, and that's why they will be doing everything they can to complicate the use of the Internet for campaigns.
It's a cost benefit choice they are making... they would rather the internet be harder for them to use too, just so the Democrats won't have it.
I find your comment without substance or merit.
By the way, though I'm sure you are aware, there have been many influential Republicans and Democrats who have affected their parties and politics in general without having ever won their Party's nomination for President.