[Lnc-business] Candidate contracts - legal advice?

[Arvin Vohra]

Hi all,

A few years ago, we started doing candidate pledges. We basically based
them off the Norquist tax pledge, but made them about cutting government
instead not just not growing it. Some include sponsoring legislation to cut
spending to 1998 levels to eliminate the income tax, sponsoring legislation
to cut military spending by 60 percent, sponsoring legislation to repeal
the Patriot act, etc. The pledges are obviously voluntary.

I've been considering advancing this from a pledge to a (voluntary)
contract. There are two versions I have considered so far:

1. The contract would be signed by the candidate, with any voter able to
act as a cosigner. The voter would download a signed pdf, sign it, and that
would put the contract into effect.

2. The contract would be between the candidate and the LNC.

Unlike the pledge, the contract would have clear, defined, monetary
penalties. As in: "The candidate will oppose any tax increase for any
purpose, unless it is accompanied by a larger simultaneous tax decrease, or
will pay $10,000." Or something along those lines.

Looking for legal and other input.

-Arvin

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Arvin Vohra

www.VoteVohra.com
VoteVohra at gmail.com
(301) 320-3634
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