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While making sure that every single poster put up by every single campaign follows the letter of the law may seem like a daunting task for a seven-person commission, chairs say that the campaigns usually enforce the rules themselves by alerting the EC to their competitors’ violations...
According to Taylor, the commission will often receive notification of a violation “within minutes” of its occurrence.
And the arms race—with campaigns rushing to capitalize on loopholes and the EC eager to close them—may be what leads some to accuse the commission of being overly nitpicky in administering the rules.
Policing all these antics is a tall task, but some long-term benefit has apparently come out of it: according to Taylor, at least one former EC member has gone on to work for the Federal Election Commission.
Since the Election Commission that runs the presidential race places strict limits on campaigning—currently, the race lasts only eight days, and there are controlls on communication, such as an ban on e-mail campaigning—it is nearly impossible for a candidate to contact the thousands...