Excerpted from my book Funding Liberty, for sale from Third Millennium, 3mpub.com May, Continued. In total, during May the associates of the campaign received more than $30,000, while firms connected with associates received almost $12,600, for a total of 37% of campaign spending of $116,182. For the month, the campaign received more than $94,000, spending down its cash on hand…
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Over the month, associates of the campaign received: Jim Babka $2,700 Erich Covey $372 Robert DeVoil $5,532 Debra Greeson $2,618 Thomas Peary (travel) $245 Stuart Reges $1,000 Steve Willis $2,965 Perry Willis $2,500 Stephanie Yanik $1,500 TOTAL: $19,187 Robert Brunner and Jennifer Willis apparently received no pay in April. Between them, Robert DeVoil and Stuart Reges received $6532, roughly what…
Chapter Fourteen Browne’s Campaign Went Broke, It Claimed April 2000 On April 24, 2000, the Browne Campaign made a surprise announcement: It was out of cash, with $83,343 in bills it could not pay. If Party members did not open their checkbooks, the campaign would have to shut its doors. Either the Browne campaign got a serious cash infusion immediately,…
Chapter Thirteen Refusing to File March 2000 In March, campaign income plummeted from February’s $118,500 to less than $75,000. Despite a further loan from the candidate, the Browne campaign was very nearly broke. Only $6302 was on hand at the month’s end. The Browne Campaign responded with a new fundraising gimmick, a prospective lawsuit against the Federal Election Commission. I…
February 2000 Spending followed much the same lines as January. Spending on the campaign’s associates rose to $32,083, but spending on their firms fell to $5176. Other major expense lines came to $46,484, with total spending of $115,895. February saw the addition of another associate, Robert Brunner, with expenses for travel, supply, and salary. Spending for people associated with the…
With respect to (2), the Browne campaign did almost no public political advertising prior to the 2000 National Convention. There was an extensive direct mail campaign to raise money, but direct mail is not public advertising. Fundraising events and State Party conventions are also not public advertising. Without public political advertising, (2) does not lead to candidacy. Browne did have…
On December 19, 1996, Harry Browne announced that he would be creating an exploratory committee, whose purposes would include raising money. Browne wanted to know if he could begin the campaign with $1,000,000 in hand, and the exploratory committee was the vehicle for making the determination experimentally. However, under (3) and (6) “amass funds to be used after candidacy is…
FEC reporting requirements made it increasingly difficult for the Browne campaign to hide its actual financial status from the Party faithful. Now we come to the Chapter’s main topic: What are those FEC reporting requirements? What burdens does Federal Election Law impose on a Presidential candidate, and when are those burdens imposed? In short, a campaign that receives more than…
All from my books Finding Liberty as seen at 3mpub.com. You are free to obtain a copy of this book and circulate it to your fellow Libertarians. Chapter Eleven The Browne Campaign and the Federal Elections Commission Because this Chapter is a bit dry, I open with a: Summary Under Federal Law, Presidential candidates who have raised at least $5000…
Continuing from my book Funding Liberty: A New Anomaly Recall that in the first half of 1996, there had been an oddity in the Browne campaign’s mailing expenses. For February-July, there were almost no payments for list rental. Browne had done pre-convention mailings, but his FEC reports gave no hint of payments for list rentals. As we now know, Browne’s…