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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNew Election Ruling Allows Candidates To Remain Completely Anonymous Throughout Campaign
WASHINGTONExplaining that the measure is intended to protect politicians right to free expression against undue scrutiny from the general population, a new ruling implemented this week by the Federal Election Commission allows candidates running for public office to remain completely anonymous throughout the campaign process. Candidates should be able to make themselves heard without having their identities, personal associations, and records on the issues exposed in the public eye, said agency spokesperson Wayne Branson, adding that the new policy means congressional hopefuls can avoid being personally challenged on their agendas by opting to withhold their names and likenesses from all campaign material, television commercials, FEC filings, and public appearances. The fact that political candidates are no longer under any obligation to disclose who they are will ensure a freer, more open electoral process. It is our belief that elections should be about ideas and plans for the country, not about who is saying them, what that person looks like, what their background might be, if theyre qualified, or what motives they might have. Branson confirmed that elected candidates would then have the option to remain anonymous for the duration of their term.
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New Election Ruling Allows Candidates To Remain Completely Anonymous Throughout Campaign (Original Post)
kpete
Oct 2014
OP
Ha! In a way, this is true, because all pols are owned by the PTB who buy them. nt
valerief
Oct 2014
#3
Anonymous b4 the election is one thing. But sometimes you wish they were after,
jtuck004
Oct 2014
#5
As usual, Onion satire is not so far from the truth as we would like to think.
woo me with science
Oct 2014
#6
muntrv
(14,505 posts)1. I guess Terri Lynn Land in MI cites this as her campaign manual.
underpants
(182,887 posts)2. We basically saw W do this twice
Just sayin'
valerief
(53,235 posts)3. Ha! In a way, this is true, because all pols are owned by the PTB who buy them. nt
Skidmore
(37,364 posts)4. Actually there has beenmore than
a couple of candidates that I have had to check online for affiliation because the ads didn't identify party or talk about issues.
jtuck004
(15,882 posts)5. Anonymous b4 the election is one thing. But sometimes you wish they were after,
sometimes they just are, and sometimes you would be better off if they were. Unfortunately, that's not The Onion.
woo me with science
(32,139 posts)6. As usual, Onion satire is not so far from the truth as we would like to think.
The PTB and their corporate media juggernauts have virtually perfected the art of running entire campaigns on trivia, shiny objects, manufactured outrages, hype over the Red versus Blue horse race, and virtually everything except the actual policies that are most important.
For god's sake, the Official 2014 Democratic Party Survey appallingly neglected questions about critical issues including:
Gun violence
Wall Street corruption
Fast Tracking of the Trans Pacific Partnership.
The XL Pipeline.
The environmental damage of wide spread fracking.
Investigations of the overreaches of the NSA/CIA organization.
Repealing the Patriot Act.
Investing in infrastructure and not military buildups.
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OP by rhett o rick: The Official 2014 Democratic Party Survey
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025083415
Wall Street corruption
Fast Tracking of the Trans Pacific Partnership.
The XL Pipeline.
The environmental damage of wide spread fracking.
Investigations of the overreaches of the NSA/CIA organization.
Repealing the Patriot Act.
Investing in infrastructure and not military buildups.
____________________
OP by rhett o rick: The Official 2014 Democratic Party Survey
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025083415
No, we don't have a functioning democracy.
K&R