Georgia Senate bill would put limits on fundraising by challengers

[Nevilledog]

https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-senate-bill-would-put-limits-on-fundraising-by-challengers/YU3I27QAVRDALIA7QSTN5LBOWM/

Georgia Senate leaders are trying to make sure the people challenging them for office can’t raise campaign money during the three months state lawmakers are in session.

Legislators have long griped that — while they and other state officials have been banned from taking checks during a session — challengers are allowed to raise money in that period, roughly from early January through March.

That was the crux of the legal argument state lawyers made for why a federal judge shouldn’t throw out a special committee the Republican majority approved last year that allows the governor to raise unlimited funds during a session.

So Senate Rules Chairman Jeff Mullis, R-Chickamauga, on Thursday proposed a rewritten ethics measure — House Bill 333 — that would include a ban on challengers raising money during a session.

Decades ago, the General Assembly decided it looked bad for a governor or lawmaker to take a check at the same time he or she is considering legislation or funding that the donor may be trying to get approved or killed.

*snip*


Ummmmm..........

[BootinUp]

1. I suspect this won't be able to fly long. nt