The Democratic Party’s directive to establish a 130,000 donor quota to qualify presidential candidates for participation in the third primary debate is raising concerns among campaign officials.

Two-thirds of the 2020 Democratic field might not qualify to participate in the September debate due to the measure, The New York Times reported Thursday, citing officials from multiple campaigns. The threshold doubles the amount of donors needed to participate in the two preceding debates scheduled for June and July, which is set at 65,000 donors.

Several campaign officials said the party’s donor quantity requirements are “skewing the way they allocate resources,” according to The NYT. Campaign officials said the mandates are forcing them to choose to funnel money into increasingly expensive Facebook ads instead of investing in their staff.

Four candidates publicly reported having 130,000 or more donors, including Pete Buttigieg, Kamala Harris, Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders, with both Joe Biden and Beto O’Rourke likely in the ballpark of that mark, The NYT reported.

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