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Should APA Have Campaign Guidelines?
APA members favoring some system of campaign guidelines believe that guidelines
• keep expenditures and time down so that candidates cannot "buy" an election with their subsidized money and time
• hold campaigning to a level consistent with APA’s proper professional image
• protect members from unwelcome bids for support
• minimize the intrusive and burdensome amount of campaign materials that members receive
APA members opposing any system of campaign guidelines believe that guidelines
• keep the election process from being maximally democratic
• lower voter interest and, therefore, voter participation
• lessen a candidate's chances of winning
• are ineffective and largely unenforceable