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Campaign ethics - kjlpahoa - 07-14-2014
Since the election is now getting hot and heavy, I thought that a good topic to have is one on candidate ethics. The tendency for unethical behavior tends to increase as we get closer to the elections. If any person sees or knows of unethical behavior by a candidate, it would be nice to post it so the readers can become aware of the misconduct and use the information to select their candidate. How one carries on during the election process is a good indicator as to how they will perform in office.
RE: Campaign ethics - Kapohocat - 07-15-2014
I agree. And to go on the positive and not negative,,,
I have not seen or heard of Greggor slinging mud.
Lets list the others who are running clean campaigns.
RE: Campaign ethics - kalakoa - 07-15-2014
Accepting money from an Oahu superPAC would seem ethically questionable.
http://hawaiitribune-herald.com/news/local-news/honolulu-super-pac-helping-local-council-candidates
Dumb question: why does Onishi need $20K to run unapposed in D3?
RE: Campaign ethics - csgray - 07-15-2014
Onishi has always gotten money from off island interests, but nobody will run against him in that district. I think I remember that you get to keep your leftover campaign funds when you leave office, so he may be building a nice golden parachute for himself.
Isn't he term limited out after this term?
Carol
RE: Campaign ethics - Mendo - 07-15-2014
CS - There are no term limits for state reps.
RE: Campaign ethics - csgray - 07-15-2014
Different Onishi, this is the Councilor Fresh Onishi.
Carol
RE: Campaign ethics - james weatherford - 07-15-2014
Doubtful that candidates get to "keep", as in use for personal use, unspent campaign funds.
There are, IIRC, means to use those funds to help other candidates; and certainly to use them for seeking an office other than the one the person is campaigning for when they receive the campaign contributions.
RE: Campaign ethics - csgray - 07-15-2014
I do know that at the federal level they do get to keep those funds, so lots of Senators and Congressmen just keep fundraising, even when they know they are not running again. I do not know what limits are put on exactly how they get to keep that money, but it was a big deal when one of the Senators where we lived in another state had close to a million dollars in his war chest when he left office, mostly donations from large corporations whose interests he had had major influence on through his committee chair. It may be one of those things that varies from state to state.
Carol
RE: Campaign ethics - Anxious Messiah - 07-15-2014
Nonsense!
Fed law expressly forbids any personal use of unused campaign funds.
One does have options however, can be donated to charity, contribute it to the national party committee, contribute up to $2,000 to another candidate’s committee, or put it into a PAC and/or convert his/her campaign committee into a PAC. Could also decide to do nothing with it in case he/she decided to run again and could dip back into it.
Most national committees put the full court press into having the funds donated to them.
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RE: Campaign ethics - kalakoa - 07-15-2014
Fed law expressly forbids any personal use of unused campaign funds.
I'm sure there are no loopholes or workarounds on this one, "rules are for everyone" and all that.