Daily Caller: Ocasio-Cortez’s Known Donors From Her Own District Are Nearly Non-Existent, FEC Records Show
Marketplace: When it comes to out-of-state donations, Democrats take the lead in the 2018 midterms
Macon Telegraph: One candidate for Georgia governor gets most money from out of state
I think that the United States really needs to get a handle on out-of-state donations to political campaigns for state and federal offices. I'd prefer a constitutional amendment barring political donations across state lines (excepting the presidency, since that's the only nationally elected office). However, I think an argument could be made for standard legislation on the same lines, based on the authority of the commerce clause without abusing the constitutional intent of that clause.
Cross-district donations within a state would be a matter for the state in question, of course, since they're the ones who set the boundaries of their districts in the first place.
Thoughts?
Marketplace: When it comes to out-of-state donations, Democrats take the lead in the 2018 midterms
Macon Telegraph: One candidate for Georgia governor gets most money from out of state
I think that the United States really needs to get a handle on out-of-state donations to political campaigns for state and federal offices. I'd prefer a constitutional amendment barring political donations across state lines (excepting the presidency, since that's the only nationally elected office). However, I think an argument could be made for standard legislation on the same lines, based on the authority of the commerce clause without abusing the constitutional intent of that clause.
Cross-district donations within a state would be a matter for the state in question, of course, since they're the ones who set the boundaries of their districts in the first place.
Thoughts?