Comments on: John Edwards Campaign Refunds: More Questions than Answers

By: LBG1

LBG1 — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:41:47 +0000

By law contributions donated to the general election are to be refunded to contributors by the campaign if the candidate drops out after the primaries.

Contributions donated to the primary election (the primaries are a separate election) can be kept by the candidate. It’s up to the discretion of the candidate whether or not to refund those contributions.

DBKP is currently investigating how many of the refunds were from the primary election (discretionary), versus those that were contributions designated for the general election.

Of the over two thousand refunds from the Edwards’ campaign, totaling almost 4 million, only 1/5 of a percent of the refunds were $100 or under.

By: DAT

DAT — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:00:01 +0000

Only perhaps one error, I doubt any MD’s in NC would give to this lawyer, as he has sued a lot of us.
DAT

By: Jivin

Jivin — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 03:48:21 +0000

OK – so is this normal to refund donors if one doesn’t win the primary and has campaign money left over? Or is the implication that he decided to refund people because he never should have run for prez with a dizty pregnant mistress lurking in the wings?

By: pat

pat — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 02:33:13 +0000

A related issue is why are bundlers getting money back? Who will see that it gets to the donors rather than laundered or stolen?

By: Snoop-Diggity-DANG-Dawg

Snoop-Diggity-DANG-Dawg — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 01:09:10 +0000

Sorry babe. It just so happens you reside in the wrong’ America’, Kohn Edwards was talking about. The other America is where they give out refunds.