Reader poll: Name that runoff
In the race for Sam Adams's seat on the Portland City Council, a runoff appears inevitable. But a runoff between which two candidates? Your prediction, please, rather than your preference:
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If the runoff is between two participating candidates in the leveraging scheme for their 1,000 supporters/donors does the asserted governmental interest to match big private donations completely vanish? (And so too the delivery of any public money, for the runoff?)
It does make for a nice "as applied" test, and a judicial affirmation that the scheme is not merely a violation of the first amendment but so absurd as to not even pass a rational basis test.
Posted by pdxnag | May 12, 2008 12:04 PM
Jack:
As you recommended, I wrote you in for Metro Council. Good Luck!
Posted by Rob Kremer | May 12, 2008 3:24 PM