The Federal Election Commission has only received one request for primary season matching funds, so far. It is from Buddy Roemer, who is simultaneously seeking the Republican nomination and the Americans Elect nomination. Candidates file for primary season matching funds, if they wish, when they have received at least $5,000 from each of twenty states. The FEC will decide whether or not to approve Roemer’s submission within the next two weeks.
Four years ago at this time, the FEC had received applications for primary season matching funds from four Democrats and three Republicans. The Democrats were John Edwards, Chris Dodd, and Joe Biden. The Republicans were John McCain, Tom Tancredo, and Duncan Hunter, although Tancredo had withdrawn from the race on December 20, 2007. McCain qualified for primary season funds and then decided not to take them. Candidates sometimes decline primary season matching funds because if they accept them, they face spending limits that otherwise don’t apply.
Buddy Roehmer is against big wads of corporate money, so it is weird that he is Americans Elect candidate.
Americans Elect is not even a political party but a corporation using secret funding, accepting larger amounts than Buddy himself accepts.
Add to that the vote is held by hackable internet and
Americans Elect committee can override the vote.
The lack of transparency and lack of disclosure is very troubling.
LOL? What is this secret corporation you speak of? Don’t make claims you can’t prove. It makes you look stupid. If any corporations wanted to control politics, they would donate to the already established political party, not some third-party nomination system has virtually no chance of winning.