No way the limit is 2,300...

[jrich4rpaul]

I'm looking at http://www.fec.gov and I keep seeing multiple donations of $2,300 (mostly for Hillary, go figure) from the same names over and over. I guess there's no limit after all? I don't see how these people get around it.

[awigo50]

Hillary is collecting in advance for the election, as well as the primary. 2300 can go to each.

Ron Paul is only running for the primary at the moment. They'll accept that later...

[kylejack]

I'm looking at http://www.fec.gov and I keep seeing multiple donations of $2,300 (mostly for Hillary, go figure) from the same names over and over. I guess there's no limit after all? I don't see how these people get around it.

You could see as much as 9200 from one person...a married person donating 4600 for both primary and general.

[foofighter20x]

You could see as much as 9200 from one person...a married person donating 4600 for both primary and general.

That right there shouldn't be done.

Unless 4,600 of that is going to be rolled over into her Senate re-election campaign.

But, yeah... Married folk donating in their spouse's name: that's a no-no.

See Title 2, United States Code, Section 441f (http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode02/usc_sec_02_00000441---f000-.html)

Somebody alert the media!! ;)

[kylejack]

That right there shouldn't be done.

Unless 4,600 of that is going to be rolled over into her Senate re-election campaign.

But, yeah... Married folk donating in their spouse's name: that's a no-no.

See Title 2, United States Code, Section 441f (http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode02/usc_sec_02_00000441---f000-.html)

Somebody alert the media!! ;)

Haha, negative. Spouses can donate $4600, and it doesn't matter which spouse donates it. So $4600 for primary and $4600 for general. That law doesn't apply to spouses due to the legal status of married people.

[awigo50]

Somebody alert the media!! ;)

I'm pretty sure that any numbers released by the FEC pass their rules :rolleyes:

[kylejack]

Contributions from Family Members
A husband and wife each have separate contribution limits, even if only one spouse has an income. For example, a couple may contribute a $4,600 check to a candidate's primary campaign as long as both sign the check (or an attached statement), as explained above.

So both have to sign it, but who knows, it may still show up in one name.

[EvilEngineer]

Some of their stuff when listed from employers is kind of suspicious. A law firm was listed multiple times, but with like 1 character difference.

EX:

ABC $2300
ABCs $2300
ABCs L $2300
ABCs LL $2300
ABCs LLP $2300

Fishy.... not the real name, didn't want to list the real name, you all can look it up.

[kylejack]

Its user-entered, so its possible they entered it differently.

[scbissler]

Question. Is it possible from the FEC data to get the number of individual donors to each campaign? That might be more representative of support than the "scientific" polls.

[kylejack]

Question. Is it possible from the FEC data to get the number of individual donors to each campaign? That might be more representative of support than the "scientific" polls.
Yes, its in there somewhere.