Question: What did the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 do? a. prohibited special interest groups from making independent expenditures in election campaigns. b. eliminated public financing for presidential primaries and general elections. c. allowed issue-advocacy commercials within thirty days of a primary election. d. set the amount that an individual could contribute to a federal candidate at $8,000. e. banned soft money at the national level and regulated campaign ads paid for by interest groups.