TIL in the 1980 US presidential election neither Jimmy Carter nor Ronald Reagan were allowed to privately raise funds, as they could only spend the money that was allocated to them under federal election law

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_1980#General_election



Submitted April 01, 2015 at 07:42AM by Crazyninja16 http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/3105du/til_in_the_1980_us_presidential_election_neither/