[Lnc-business] Candidate contracts - legal advice?

[Joshua Katz]

Where does the hypo say the voter promises support?



Joshua A. Katz
Westbrook CT Planning Commission (L in R seat)

On Sat, Oct 22, 2016 at 4:01 PM, Caryn Ann Harlos <carynannharlos at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I believe the contact may be against public election policy if with the
> voter, but there is consideration.  The voter promises support IF the
> candidate follows the pledge.  Clear consideration.  But I think this would
> violate some election law, it just doesn't pass the gut test.
>
> Now as between the candidate and the LNC, I think that might be a
> different matter.
>
> On Sat, Oct 22, 2016 at 2:56 PM, Joshua Katz <planning4liberty at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I believe the contract is unenforceable for want of consideration.  The
>> voter does not have their future actions constrained in any way, and so
>> suffers no detriment.
>>
>>
>> Joshua A. Katz
>> Westbrook CT Planning Commission (L in R seat)
>>
>> On Sat, Oct 22, 2016 at 11:41 AM, Arvin Vohra <votevohra at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> 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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>>>
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>>> VoteVohra at gmail.com
>>> (301) 320-3634
>>>
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