• Zaktor@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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    19 days ago

    One of the interesting tactics she’s been using in her campaign is spending donated funds to help the residents of the district. I don’t know how much she spends on traditional campaign ads and consultants, but it’s less than the 100% most do and she’s held events that were just volunteering for public benefit.

    • Clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      19 days ago

      I hope she has a campaign finance lawyer. Because she’s not a Republican, the FEC may audit her campaign, and there’s are lots of rules about how campaign funds can be spent.

      • Zaktor@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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        19 days ago

        In her video announcing it she said she consulted with her lawyer and it’s not actually illegal to spend donations on doing good things rather than just pissing billions of dollars away every election. The key is that it can’t be conditioned on voting.

        • Clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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          19 days ago

          Interesting. I’ve definitely heard of politicians getting in trouble for using campaign donations for something not directly tied to the next election.

          I’m certainly happy to hear that she’s doing it.