“On Friday, a longtime friend of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the independent candidate for president, delivered boxes carrying 110,000 signatures to election officials in Arizona, to secure ballot access in a critical battleground state,” the New York Times reports.
“A vast majority of those signatures, according to two people closely involved with the campaign’s operations, were not gathered by local volunteers, or even by paid canvassers working for the campaign. Instead, the people said, they came from a super PAC backing Mr. Kennedy that gathered signatures in Arizona months ago but set them aside after their efforts prompted legal challenges.”
“The issue of who collected the signatures is critical because coordination between super PACs and campaign committees is banned under federal law, though that rule — meant to limit the influence of megadonors on campaigns — has steadily eroded in recent years, as regulators have allowed exceptions and political groups have found workarounds. Among other prohibitions, super PACs are not allowed to give ‘in-kind’ contributions to a campaign — basically, providing services free of charge.”
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