FEC approve campaign of non-native born

[RetArmySgt]

FEC Unanimously Votes to Allow Foreign-Born Muslim U.S. Presidential Bid Creeping Sharia

 

[Vaquero]

??????

 

[ArielT]

This does raise eyebrows.

But FEC commissioners said repeatedly that their decision to define Hassan as a candidate had nothing to do with his birth country. They said that current federal election law allows for someone to be a candidate, regardless of whether they can legally hold the office they seek and that the FEC is not charged with deciding presidential criteria including one’s natural-born citizenship.

Seems like we're trending towards less FEC regulation of campaign funds, particularly after Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. I think this is a part of that, the FEC is doing its job very loosely to avoid lawsuits.

 

[Mexican_Hippie]

Spoiler alert, this isn't regarding Obama's 2008 election run j/k

It's each state's job to certify candidates they will allow on their ballots, not the FECs It's each state's right to select its electors as it sees fit. I don't get why the FEC exists except to waste more money and be redundant.

 

[Jakashh]

Looks like another Islam hate site. No matter the subject at hand, I don't take anything I read from these websites as credible.

 

[ArielT]

It's each state's job to certify candidates they will allow on their ballots, not the FECs It's each state's right to select its electors as it sees fit. I don't get why the FEC exists except to waste more money and be redundant.

Since there's no real regulation on the money you can spend on a candidate, it does seem like the FEC has gone from a regulating body to being basically meaningless red tape.

Looks like another Islam hate site. No matter the subject at hand, I don't take anything I read from these websites as credible.

Its really just commentary an article from Roll Call: FEC Allows Presidential Campaign for Foreign-Born Man : Roll Call News

 

[Jakashh]

Ah, I see.