On November 8, the Federal Election Commission issued a press release, mentioning that a few weeks ago, it sent a check for $17,689,800 to the Republican National Committee, and a check for the same amount to the Democratic National Committee, so that each of these two parties can pay for the costs of their 2012 national conventions.
The Democratic convention is the latest in U.S. history. It is September 3-6, 2012, in Charlotte. The Republican convention is August 27-30 in Tampa. Because the Democratic convention is so late, all the states have laws to say that qualified parties need not notify elections officials of the names of their presidential and vice-presidential nominees until 60 days before the general election. The 2012 election is on November 6.
When you do the “tax checkoff,” you are instructing the government to borrow $3 and give it to the Republicans and Democrats. (You will be paying the interest on all that borrowed money.)
This is bullshit. Let the Republicans and Democrats fund their own conventions.
Hypocrites.
What part of the DEAD U.S.A. Constitution permits such spending for the party hack gangs ???
Will the 60 days be enough for the troops fighting for Democracy against the Stone Age BARBARIANS in SW Asia and elsewhere to get their ballots and get them back to the U.S.A. ???
Stay tuned. NO limit on the EVIL last second machinations of the EVIL robot party hack gerrymander MONSTERS.
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2 – It’s larceny.