A reader pointed this out to me. Remember my earlier post where I noted where the Hansen Lemmings were raising money up to 10k at a time… except it was legal because they appeared to be running things through a PAC:
That’s $4000. As Arch Beal would say – Whoa Whoa Whoa! Where are they getting the $5,000 and $10,000 from that they’re soliciting for. Well, you have to go to the bottom of the web page. And you get the explanation:
This is not a state gubernatorial campaign committee that they’re slapping their names on and using to run for office. They’re running as Hansen/Lems for Governor, but donations are being routed directly to a Political Action Committee. They’re entirely skipping over a regular campaign committee that you or I would use, and the mechanism they are using to raise funds for their gubernatorial campaign right out of the gate is a PAC who can take far bigger checks.
Well something has apparently changed on their website. Except, maybe not enough has changed. Because they changed what was actually legal under South Dakota law… and now they made it appear to be not legal. The Hansen Lemmings campaign donation page as it is now is not a donation page for a Political Action Committee. It is now branded with the disclaimer for Hansen for Governor, a campaign committee:
Yet, now that it says it’s under his campaign committee, they are still asking for 10k, and proclaiming that’s the maximum donation, according to the screenshot I just took:
But if you look at state law, and particularly the Secretary of State’s website:
These two things do not match, and it makes for a sloppy campaign. Because if they’re taking 5k or 10k, that’s over the contribution limits. (Not that anyone is ponying up a 10k tip at pizza ranch).
If they are going to go to the trouble to change the donation page from rolling into a PAC, why wouldn’t they fix the glaring error with what they can accept from the committee? It looks like these lawmakers are trying to be lawbreakers.
Stay tuned for a later update.
Once a grifter, always a grifter!
They’re too dumb to understand the Winred platform’s default settings. You have to specifically change them to apply to your situation and comply with state campaign finance rules. Of course, that means you have to have a basic understanding of our very simple rules which are spelled out clearly throughout the secretary of state’s site. Too. Dumb. Stop electing idiots. Stop Electing Moronic Politicians and Legislators (SEMPL). SEMPLE. It’s that simple.
The far right doing what the far right does best – especially hilarious coming directly from two legislators who voted and passed FEC and PAC directive last session :
“Rules for thee, but not for me”
But the real question is will the SOS or the AG do anything about it?
Their track record thus far says no.
Over their heads.
Leave those worries to us Jon. Time to drop out and join Team Toby.
What’s this “us” stuff? Do you have a mouse in your pocket?
Logan? Is that you??
Or it’s the DJ or YR Chair–who btw voted to raise taxes in Minnehaha county.
why would Hanson or any of his few supporters switch to support the Toady Dodo?
Fake Facist Fraudsters
Their bff Jorde will take care of it