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Barack Obama campaign attempts to sell free convention tickets
Illinois senator and presidential candidate Barack Obama and his campaign have had a tough past few days. CNN today released its average of national surveys showing the Republican candidate John McCain has chipped into Obama's lead trailing now by only one percentage point. To make matters worse, CBS4 out of Denver reported that his campaign was soliciting Democratic Party supporters to buy tickets to the senator's August 28 acceptance speech at Invesco Field, tickets which were free to the public. (See video below)
According to the report, people were directed to an unpublicized part of Obama's official Web site in order to purchase tickets for $1,000 apiece.
One of the sources that were in contact with the news station called the ticket sale unethical, while another called it "an underground fundraising operation"
A search conducted by TicketNews did not show any of the tickets listed on any of the top secondary ticket sites. A spokesperson for the campaign told CBS4 that they were proud of making the event free to the public and only a small amount of tickets were sold for fundraising purposes.
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Actually it's against the law to sell any event tickets for more than face value, in this case FREE, in the city of Denver.
http://library1.municode.com/default/template.htm?view=document&doc_acti...
Sec. 7-293. Tickets bought at a premium void.
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person conducting, operating, or managing any lawful exhibition, athletic event, theatrical entertainment, motion picture theater, or any other lawful show, amusement, entertainment, or performance to which the general public may gain admission by the payment of a fee or charge therefor to recognize, honor, or receive, and every agent or employee thereof shall refuse to recognize, honor, or receive, any ticket of admission to such place, purchased from any broker, speculator, scalper, or other person, at a premium over the regular price, upon presentation of the same, if such person has knowledge of the unlawful purchase of such ticket.
(b) If any notation appears on any such ticket, whether printed, stamped, or written, whereby a sale or purchase at a premium is indicated, the same shall be considered prima facie evidence of an unlawful sale and purchase thereof.
(Code 1950, § 825.3)
Sec. 7-294. Sale of tickets at a premium unlawful.
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to sell or offer to sell at a premium, or at a higher price than the price printed thereon, any ticket of admission to any lawful exhibition, athletic event, theatrical entertainment, motion picture theater, or any other lawful show, amusement, or performance to which the general public may gain admission by the payment of a fee or charge therefor.
(b) No person shall directly or indirectly sell, offer to sell, or consent to sell any such ticket of admission to any broker, speculator, scalper, or other person, regularly, occasionally, or incidentally engaged in the business of selling any such tickets of admission, or purchase such tickets of admission for resale at a price greater than that printed thereon.
(Code 1950, § 825.4)