Word: limiters
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Question 2 would also limit the amount of funds a candidate could receive from their party--so-called "soft money" transfers. Closing these oft-abused loopholes in the current financing laws would safeguard Massachusetts elections from the influence of lobbying groups...
...grounds that it restricts the right to free speech. This argument--that restricting contributions to candidates is equivalent to silencing the contributors--is misleading. No campaign finance law prohibits contributing to any candidate or party. Instead, it is the magnitude of individual contributions these laws seek to limit. In the case of Question 2, the law in fact would require support to be shown in the form of contributions--candidates for governor, for instance, must garner 6,000 contributions of $5 to $100 to be eligible for public funds...
Candidates who limit their fund-raising to these personal contributions would, in some cases, be eligible for state funds for their campaigns...
...voters approve the amendment, the state would have the power to limit the amount of "soft money" that can be transferred to statewide campaigns...
...would limit the amount of money candidates could receive from individuals or groups...