Congressmember John Sarbanes (D-Maryland) has introduced HR 1, “For the People Act of 2021”. It alters many federal election laws. It makes it more difficult for a presidential candidate seeking the nomination of a party to receive primary season matching funds. Current law requires private contributions of $5,000 from each of twenty states. The bill increases that to $25,000 from each of twenty states. Thanks to Mike Feinstein for this news.
Minor party presidential candidates have frequently qualified for primary season matching funds, and have been permitted by the Federal Election Commission to use such funds on ballot access drives. Minor party presidential candidates who received such funds were from these parties: Citizens, New Alliance, Green, Reform, Natural Law, and Libertarian (in 2012).
The change is in section 5202 of the bill. Scroll down about three-fourths of the way.
A continuation of the drive stared in New York to lock out third parties in every possible way.
Notice that, as in New York, the issue is framed in terms of not wasting taxpayer money on outsider candidates. Then, once that is achieved, the issue then becomes not wasting taxpayer money on rich, well supported candidates (code language for Republicans) so that the naked purpose of using taxpayer money to subsidize Democratic candidates solely becomes apparent.
The bill is a repeat of the 2019-2020 bill to ENTRENCH RED commie Donkey gerrymander hacks FOREVER.
https://www.congress.gov/search?q={%22congress%22:[%22116%22,%22117%22],%22source%22:%22all%22,%22search%22:%22hr1%22}&searchResultViewType=expanded
has link to 2019-2020 stuff – zillion pages/words for TOTAL Fed control.
https://www.congress.gov/117/bills/hr1/BILLS-117hr1ih.pdf
text — pdf
ANY change from 2019 bill — except any date / $$$ changes ???
Subtitle E — gerrymander comms in A-L-L States with 2 plus USA Reps >>>
TOTAL RED commie gerrymander control of USA H Reps forever ???
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The Constitution does not empower the Congress to add or subtract from the qualifications for President it specifies. That must include financial quota qualifications.
All ballot access censorship must be abolished to have constitutional elections.