Howie Hawkins, who is seeking the Green Party presidential nomination, hopes to qualify for primary season matching funds by the end of 2019. If he does, he will be able to receive those funds in January 2020. The federal law on primary season matching funds does not allow any presidential candidate to receive the funds earlier than January 1 of the presidential election year.
Jill Stein qualified for primary season matching funds in 2016, but she didn’t receive the funds until April 14, 2016.
The Federal Election Commission has ruled many times that primary season matching funds may be used to pay petitioners to get the candidate or that candidate’s party on the general election ballot. Therefore, the sooner the presidential candidate receives the money, the better for that candidate’s general election ballot access.
Richard:
What is the current minimum requirement(s) for Mr. Hawkins to collect (number of states and Dollars) to qualify & when would the likely latest submission date be for him to successfully receive funding on January 1, 2020 A.D. ?
https://www.fec.gov/introduction-campaign-finance/understanding-ways-support-federal-candidates/presidential-elections/public-funding-presidential-elections/
ONE more UN-constitutional scheme ??? — esp for Prez candidates.
Candidates need small contributions from 20 states. There must be at least $5,000 from each of the 20 states. If someone gives a larger contribution, only the first $250 counts for that giver.
The U.S. House has passed HR 1, making it ten times more difficult to get primary season matching funds. But the U.S. Senate has not passed that bill or even looked at it.
Has even the Senate clerk looked at HR 1 (to get the bill number) ???