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kpitcher
02-19-2012, 11:30 PM
I see Black Box Voting has a discussion on Americas Elect (That new superpac, don't forget to vote Ron Paul there to get him as the candidate). They are on the ballot in Maine. However they are also a super pac. So how can someone in the elections, which don't have to disclose financial info according to the FEC, run as a candidate which has to disclose info to the FEC?

http://www.bbvforums.org/cgi-bin/forums/board-auth.cgi?file=/73/81893.html

Oh it appears Americas Elect is on 15 ballots, 10 more. That a superpac can get on the ballot is actually rather scary.

angelatc
02-20-2012, 06:39 AM
I They are on the ballot in Maine. However they are also a super pac. So how can someone in the elections, which don't have to disclose financial info according to the FEC, run as a candidate which has to disclose info to the FEC?

... That a superpac can get on the ballot is actually rather scary.

THey're not running as a candidate, they're getting ballot access as a party.