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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 858694" data-attributes="member: 12952"><a href="http://www.rollcall.com/news/guyana_born_man_asks_fec_if_he_can_run_for_president-207326-1.html" target="_blank">http://www.rollcall.com/news/guyana_born_man_asks_fec_if_he_can_run_for_president-207326-1.html</a>[h=1]Guyana-Born Man Asks FEC If He Can Run for President[/h] Some of those who follow the FEC said Hassan’s request is almost&nbsp; unprecedented because it puts the FEC in the position of defining&nbsp; constitutional law. “I have never seen anything like it before,” said&nbsp; Paul S. Ryan, a lawyer with the Campaign Legal Center who works on&nbsp; election law issues.&nbsp;But Hassan rejected the idea that his request was a legal or judicial&nbsp; stunt to clarify an issue that he has found divisive. He said his&nbsp; questions are squarely in the FEC’s jurisdiction of the Federal Election&nbsp; Campaign Act. They include basic queries of whether he can solicit&nbsp; money as a presidential candidate and whether he needs to open a&nbsp; presidential candidate committee after reaching the $5,000 threshold&nbsp; necessary for disclosure.Although he was realistic about his chances, he maintained that his&nbsp; presidential run is serious. He said he has a contract with Google and <a href="http://www.abdulhassanforpresident.com/" target="_blank">a website</a> that explains his policy ideas on topics such as the national deficit.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 858694, member: 12952"] [url]http://www.rollcall.com/news/guyana_born_man_asks_fec_if_he_can_run_for_president-207326-1.html[/url] [h=1]Guyana-Born Man Asks FEC If He Can Run for President[/h] Some of those who follow the FEC said Hassan’s request is almost unprecedented because it puts the FEC in the position of defining constitutional law. “I have never seen anything like it before,” said Paul S. Ryan, a lawyer with the Campaign Legal Center who works on election law issues. But Hassan rejected the idea that his request was a legal or judicial stunt to clarify an issue that he has found divisive. He said his questions are squarely in the FEC’s jurisdiction of the Federal Election Campaign Act. They include basic queries of whether he can solicit money as a presidential candidate and whether he needs to open a presidential candidate committee after reaching the $5,000 threshold necessary for disclosure. Although he was realistic about his chances, he maintained that his presidential run is serious. He said he has a contract with Google and [URL="http://www.abdulhassanforpresident.com/"]a website[/URL] that explains his policy ideas on topics such as the national deficit. [/QUOTE]

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