Recent comments

1. I'm concerned about the 'natural persons' part in your Section 1. Wouldn't it be safer to say something like 'individual person'? Or (as mundane as it may sound) perhaps 'an individual human being of voting age, registered, anda US Citizen'? Frankly I think only people who are legally US Citizens, and actually registered to vote should be allowed to donate. 2. To me, the flipside to election campaign donation is lobbying, which occurs regardless of the election cycle. A non-individual entity can still 'arrange' time with a respective member of Congress in order to essentially hand over money in exchange for a desired vote (yes it's illegal, but I'm concerned that such actions will be more covert). In my mind, real election donation limits and lobbying controls must be tied together. One without the other would make each individually powerless. I would suggest a third Article that specifically bars lobbying member of Congress, the President, or on behalf of a non-individual entity. 3. I also have an issue with the whole concept of 'systems of public financing for election campaigns'. The rules for obtaining financing from this system should be very clear. And I think there should be a clear definition of what that system consists of, and access to it should be carefully monitored by a public mechanism to prevent manipulation by non-individual entities.