Any person who is running for an elected office within the Federal Government shall not be allowed to solicit donations of any type or form from any individual or group of individuals or business or foreign party nor will they be allowed to use their own funds for their campaign for office.
Further, no candidate may receive endorsements or have other parties stated above provide campaign materials that support the candidate. A statement from the candidate that they are running as a member of a political group or party is permissible provided that that party or political group has provided no financial or material support for that candidate. Candidates may solicit the help of volunteer labor to help with their campaign. The Candidate must certify each volunteer by name and their address and have each volunteer certify they have received no remuneration for their expenses other than meals, non-alcoholic beverages or campaign provided travel expenses. Funds for these items shall come from the campaign disbursement provided by the Federal Election Commission. Funds required to prove compliance with the requirements of the Federal Election Commission shall come from the candidate’s disbursement from the Federal Election Commission up to a limit of five percent of the total disbursement.
If any of the parties stated above wish to have an interview with a candidate then must allow any opposing candidates equal time and opportunity to answer the same questions and other forms of endorsement as the candidate originally interviewed answered. Such equal time shall be granted within 48 hours of the original interview and be presented at the same time of day as the original interview. Any time the original interview is replayed then the opposing candidate’s interviewed must be displayed or reprinted along with the original interview. All mediums fall under this provision. Any person or political group that has it’s home base within the United States of America and certified as such by the Federal Election Commission shall be permitted to endorse the policies of a particular candidate but may not mention the candidate by name. Each media outlet shall be required to provide equal time to each candidate on their platforms and may not discriminate against any Candidate.
Debates between candidates are encouraged and shall be mediated by a third party certified by the Federal Election Commission. These debates will carried on all media platforms at one time. Candidate’s microphones will muted when another candidate is speaking. Candidates shall be respectful when another candidate is speaking. Should a candidate interfere with another candidate who is sharing the stage, the Moderator shall have the offending candidate removed from the debate immediately.
Funds for the candidates shall be disbursed to each candidate as once they are certified as legitimate candidates by the Federal Election Commission Each candidate shall receive $1,000,000 adjusted for inflation at the beginning of each election cycle once this amendment is ratified. Each candidate much account for all of their expenses and return any unused funds to the Federal Election Commission on the fourteenth day of November in the election year.
Candidates must qualify for the Federal Campaign Fund Disbursement by certification by the individual states which are holding elections for the Congress and showing they have not violated the above restrictions except for they may receive donations of not more than fifty dollars from any single person and have used no more ten thousand dollars of the Candidate’s personal funds and have not received any money from any political group, private company, foreign entity, or group of persons. A candidate may solicit volunteers under the rules stated above. Candidates requesting Federal Campaign Funds will submit their financial disclosures to the individual State election officials by the first day of December in the year prior to a Federal election, The Individual State Election Officials must then send their certification of candidates running in their State to each of the potential candidates and the Federal Election Commission by no later than the fourteenth day of January of the election year.
Candidates may appeal the decision by the State election officials to the Federal Election Commission who will decide in conjunction with the State’s election officials whether or not the Candidate may appear on that State’s ballot. The final roster of candidates will be posted and funds distributed by the first day of April in the election year.
In the case of a Presidential Election, the candidates for President and Vice President must certify in all the states and territories of the United States of America.
In the case of a member of Congress resigning, dying, or otherwise rendered incapable of holding their office. The State elections officers in that Congressional Member’s residence and the Federal Election Commission shall work together to fund a special election to fill the open seat in the shortest time possible and comply with the funding rules with the exception of the dates listed above.
At the end of the campaigns, The Federal Election Commission shall audit each candidates expenditures to determine full compliance with this amendment. Candidates shall have the chance to answer questions on expenses and discrepancies with their reports and factual data. Candidates who cannot explain to the Commission’s satisfaction any potential violations shall be remanded for immediate judicial hearing to see if further investigation is required. No Candidate shall be seated until such time as the Federal Election Commission is satisfied or a judicial order says to seat candidate is made.
Should a Candidate be referred for a judicial hearing and said Candidate shall be given due process to prove their innocence to regain their seat or if found guilty shall have to repay all federal funds and be permanently denied from running for Federal office. until new evidence, should it appear, be brought forward. This offense may not be allowed to a pardoned by a President, it may only be reversed by the court.
Should any individual or group of individuals or business try to circumvent the requirements of this amendment and properly adjudicated as doing so shall pay minimum fine of five times the total cost of elections to Federal Election Commission in the year of the offense to the Federal Election Commission. No President shall be allowed to issue any pardon for this offense.
Should any foreign entity be found violating this law, such entity shall have all of it’s assets with in the United States of America seized and any personnel will be held on charges of attempting to illegally change the outcome of an election, attempting to seize control of the Federal government and espionage. The penalty for these individuals shall be imprisonment for life.