Should all states have a campaign contribution like the one described here?

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

According to the Minnesota Democratic candidate for Attorney General, you can donate up to $50 and get your money back.

http://swansonforattorneygeneral.com/sbcc/personalinfo.php?page=biography&seq=4

[adam]

I would say no. "Contribution" is defined as a payment exacted for a special purpose. The keyword is payment.  When you make a campaign contribution, you are helping (in a rather minute way) to help buy the success of the candidate you are contributing to. Thus, a campaign contribution is little short of a purchase...which would mean that campaigns are little short of small businesses. Thus, to force refunds would be nothing short of a violation of business rights to me.

Okay, I intentionally went a little far with that. But the point is, there is nothing I could see that would warrant contributors to receive their money back. If that's something the candidate would be intrested in doing, perhaps for populism's sake, than that's his business.

[Ban my account ffs!]

The program is meant to attract grassroots support for candidates rather than being dominated by large businesses and the rich.  If you donate to a campaign ($50 or less), you can be refunded for that if you send the refund form.  If a candidate wants to use this program, he/she must abide by spending caps.

The DFL candidate for governor had planned on this.  But the rules also state that if one candidate breaks that cap, then all may break it and you can still use that program.

Minnesota consistently has the highest voter turnout and active participation in politics because of programs like these and others, such as voter registration at the polls on election day.  It was that program that got Jesse Ventura elected as governor in 1998.