[Lnc-business] Candidate contracts - legal advice?

[Nicholas Sarwark]

I like the idea, but my guess is that it would expose us legally.
It's a form of financial quid pro quo, albeit in reverse of how we
typically think of it (i.e. I'll give you $10,000 if you vote for a
tax increase.").

-Nick

On Sat, Oct 22, 2016 at 9:41 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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> Arvin Vohra
>
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