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The Obama for America campaign has
run several "Dinner with Barack" contests as part of its fundraising
efforts. (The campaign
also used this approach several times in the last election). For the first dinner, entries were
accepted from June 14-June 30,
2011, and four winners, "determined by a random drawing from all
eligible entries to be held at Obama for America Headquarters on July
7, 2011," were to be chosen. Although the campaign asked for a
donation, people could also enter free online. On June 27 the
campaign announced that Vice President Joe Biden would join
the dinner as well. Below is a June 16 email from the campaign:
There was a "Dinner with Barack II" coinciding with the end of the
3rd quarter finance period. The first email announcing the
dinner, ostensibly from Barack Obama, arrived on Sept. 14, 2011;
entries were accepted through Sept. 30. According to the rules,
"Fifty (50) potential
winners will be selected by a random drawing from all eligible entries
to be held at Obama for America Headquarters on October 7, 2011."
Then, "Sponsor will, in its sole
discretion, then select four (4) winners from the list of eligible
potential winners on the basis of criteria determined and applied by
Sponsor to provide for an appropriate range of views, backgrounds, and
interests among the winners selected."
The "Dinner with Barack III" promotion ran from Nov. 17-Dec. 31, 2011, and in a new wrinkle winning entrants will be able to bring a guest. According to the rules, "Fifty (50) potential winners will be selected by a random drawing from all eligible entries to be held at Obama for America Headquarters on January 20, 2012."