Campaign donations from beyond the grave...

**Big_John** · 11-30-2007, 06:09

Originally Posted by Papewaio

Is this from wills? If so, no problem. Weird though to want to effect the political process after you die... I can understand donating to a single important issue but nothing so broad minded as a political party.

usually, the donations are made from the dead person's estate under the control of the executor(s). they are only legal if the intent of the deceased is known (usually manifested in a will). the donations must abide by the normal rules of campaign donations for the living too, of course.

i'm surprised the numbers are so small. what's the total raised by the presidential candidates so far, like $400 million? i'd have thought a lot more dead people would support their political ideologies from the beyond. selfish.

**Crazed Rabbit** · 11-30-2007, 06:37

Well, here in Washington the dems were already getting their votes, so why shouldn't they fundraise among the dead?

CR

**Tribesman** · 11-30-2007, 08:37

the difference is that this is somehow perfectly legal... Loophole anyone?

Errrrrr...the difference is that it is perfectly normal , not unusual at all and your point was ????????

**Xiahou** · 11-30-2007, 08:40

Originally Posted by Tribesman

Errrrrr...the difference is that it is perfectly normal , not unusual at all and your point was ????????

Riighht.

Kent Cooper, a campaign-finance expert and former Federal Election Commission official, admits these contributions are "a little strange and unusual."

**Big_John** · 11-30-2007, 08:52

Originally Posted by Xiahou

Riighht.

cooper needs to read up on his property law. nothing beyond estate management and execution of wills going on here. it's only unusual to someone that doesn't know anything about a fundamental aspect of the american legal system (wills & trusts).

**Xiahou** · 11-30-2007, 09:50

Originally Posted by Big_John

cooper needs to read up on his property law. nothing beyond estate management and execution of wills going on here. it's only unusual to someone that doesn't know anything about a fundamental aspect of the american legal system (wills & trusts).

You seem to be confusing unusual with illegal.....

**Big_John** · 11-30-2007, 10:04

Originally Posted by Xiahou

You seem to be confusing unusual with illegal.....

how so?

are these contributions unusual because they are uncommon? perhaps. i don't know how frequently estates are thusly managed.

are they unusual because they come out of a seldom utilized and relatively alien aspect of law? hardly. anyone with enough property and/or heirs probably knows about wills and estate law. and if they don't, their lawyer does. bequesting part of your estate to a non-heir entity is a pretty normal occurrence.

**PanzerJaeger** · 11-30-2007, 13:07

Originally Posted by Tribesman

Errrrrr...the difference is that it is perfectly normal , not unusual at all and your point was ????????

How many seconds did you hold down the question mark? (??????????)

**Tribesman** · 11-30-2007, 18:20

Riighht.

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Kent Cooper, a campaign-finance expert and former Federal Election Commission official, admits these contributions are "a little strange and unusual."

Well Kent cooper is obviously a bit of a muppet

these are examples of dead people continuing to give and give and give

as that would suggest that the people have multiple wills , unless of course perhaps they set up a foundation to distribute and invest their legacy over a number of years . Perhaps it was being such a muppet that makes him a former official instead of a current one .

Speaking of muppets look at this wonderful contribution

How many seconds did you hold down the question mark? (??????????)

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