Candidate gets campaign gifts from toddlers

0 Comments | Gazette, The (Colorado Springs), Jan 22, 2004 | by BILL HETHCOCK THE GAZETTE

"That on its face would appear to be an attempt to evade the contribution limits. It's one thing if a teenager is politically active, but I've never met a 3-or 4-year-old that has an opinion about candidates for district attorney."

May said he won't take contributions from children too young to make their own decisions or from criminal defense lawyers.

May's campaign can collect as much as $400 per person because he agreed not to spend more than $65,000 on the race. Newsome is capped at $200 per person because he did not agree to the voluntary spending cap. May raised $10,800 through the end of December, the date of the last campaign finance report.

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