Two Year Old Contributes $2,300 to Campaign

Must be one smart kid.

Elrick Williams's toddler niece Carlyn may be one of the youngest contributors to this year's presidential campaign. The 2-year-old gave $2,300 to Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.).

Maybe it is just me, but this just doesn't seem right.

So did her sister and brother, Imara, 13, and Ishmael, 9, and her cousins Chan and Alexis, both 13

It is gratifying to see America's youth take such an interest in politics.

No?

Altogether, according to newly released campaign finance reports, the extended family of Williams, a wealthy Chicago financier, handed over nearly a dozen checks in March for the maximum allowed under federal law to Obama.

Such campaign donations from young children would almost certainly run afoul of campaign finance regulations, several campaign lawyers said. But as bundlers seek to raise higher and higher sums for presidential contenders this year, the number who are turning to checks from underage givers appears to be on the rise.

Anyone besides me think our campaign finance laws are a bit screwy?

Although campaign finance laws set a limit of $2,300 per donor per campaign, they do not explicitly bar donors based on age. And young donors abound in the fundraising reports filed by presidential contenders this year.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/23/AR2007102301882.html

Seems to me it would be so much more honest to just allow people give what they want.