Reply #8: Agreed

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In fact, arguably the provision only comes into play when someone pledges to appoint someone (or to use their influence to get someone appointed) in return for that person's support of their candidacy. In other words, its to prevent jobs being offered as bribes for political support. If its okay for a candidate to pledge to take a particular position or take a particular action (such as ending a war, repealing an executive order, appointing pro-choice (or anti-abortion) judges to get support from the public at large, why would it be unlawful to pledge to name a particular person to a job in order to get general public support? Again, I believe the purpose of this provision is to prevent a candidate from making a deal with an individual that trades a job for that individual's vote or support.