Franken asks FEC for OK to set up two new recount funds
Monday, February 23, 2009 at 5:35 pm
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Al Franken wants more financial assistance for the ongoing U.S. Senate contest. Last week his campaign wrote to the Federal Elections Commission seeking permission for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee to set up a new fundraising committee to help offset litigation costs. The Franken campaign wants to allow individuals to contribute up to $30,400 to the proposed DSCC legal fund, while political committees would be permitted to donate up to $15,000.
“Both candidates and their state parties have established recount funds and have raised large sums of money,” notes Franken attorney Marc Elias in the request to the FEC.
“But if the candidates are only able to raise under a single limit for the entire post-election process, and if only the state parties are allowed to establish separate recount funds, then it will be progressively harder to defend the candidates’ and parties’ interest in that process, which has become virtually unprecedented in its length, complexity and expense.”
In addition, the Franken campaign is seeking permission from the FEC to set up a new fund explicitly to raise funds for the election contest currently being argued before a three-judge panel at the Minnesota Supreme Court.
“This fund would be separate from the Committee’s existing recount fund, and would be used only for the purposes of paying for expenses related to the election contest and resulting litigation,” Elias writes. Contributions to this proposed fund would be capped at $2,400 for individuals and $5,000 for political committees.”
Elias asked the FEC to respond to the inquiry within 10 days — which expires on Friday.
2 Comments
Comment posted February 24, 2009 @ 11:06 am
Initially, the Election Contest was interesting. Maybe there was something overlooked. No. The process was as transparent as a pane of glass.*
Then, the Courtroom was violated by what had the appearance of Coleman witnesses dodging questions and not being truthful in responses with answers from the witness stand.
Election workers began testifying and it became clear that the whole process was being acted-out primarily to delay the outcome and keep Senator Elect Franken from being sworn in as a tactic to satisfy the interests of the GOP.
Now, it is a disgrace. In Bad Faith, Coleman and his legal team march on to the cheers of the Republican Senatorial Committee and the condemnation of everyone else. Watching them in Court is a sickening embarrassment that you wish someone would end by throwing-in the towel.
It may have been billed as a Heavyweight Championship expected to end in a split-decision; but the outcome was in no doubt early on. Now, Senator-Elect Franken is carrying Coleman through the final rounds. It’s a good thing that the crowd left after Coleman being knocked-down a few times. It’s easier to come-out for each new round at the sound of the bell without without needing to dodge the thrown debris and listen to all those Booing!
Comment posted February 25, 2009 @ 3:03 pm
shame is not in the republican dictionary. they just don’t know the meaning of the word.
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