[EL] ELB News and Commentary 12/1/11

Thu Dec 1 08:46:58 PST 2011

The Are Lobbyists Not Citizens? headline brought to mind the purchase by a
British conglomerate of yet another US lobbying firm -- Glover Park
Associates, I believe.  Does the concern re: foreign campaign donations
also extend to foreign control of lobbying firms?  Media?  I have not given
it much (read: any) thought and welcome the thoughts of others.

On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 11:13 AM, Rick Hasen <rhasen at law.uci.edu> wrote:

>   FEC Votes 6-0 Against Mike Lee Super-PAC Request<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=25966>
> Posted on December 1, 2011 8:04 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=25966>
> by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> Good news. Details to come.  Still waiting on word on the American
> Crossroads coordination issue.
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>   “Cheapest U.S. Republican Primary in a Decade Defies Spending
> Predictions” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=25963>
> Posted on December 1, 2011 7:54 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=25963>
> by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> Interesting Bloomberg report<http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-12-01/cheapest-primary-in-a-decade-defies-campaign-spending-prediction.html>
> .
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>   Are Lobbyists Not Citizens? <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=25961>
> Posted on December 1, 2011 7:52 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=25961>
> by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> “Gingrich Said He Was Acting as a Citizen, Not a Lobbyist<http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/01/gingrich-says-he-was-acting-as-a-citizen-not-a-lobbyist/>
> .”
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>   Posted in legislation and legislatures<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=27>,
> lobbying <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=28> | Comments Off
>   “The GOP’s War on Voting Comes to Washington; House Republicans want to
> kill the federal agency charged with making sure voting machines work.”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=25958>
> Posted on December 1, 2011 7:50 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=25958>
> by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> *Mother Jones* reports<http://motherjones.com/politics/2011/12/war-voting-comes-washington>
> .
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>   Posted in Election Assistance Commission<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=34>,
> The Voting Wars <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60> | Comments Off
>   “Organization Man; Karl Rove and the rise of the SuperPAC”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=25956>
> Posted on December 1, 2011 7:49 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=25956>
> by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> Walter Shapiro has written this article<http://www.tnr.com/article/politics/magazine/97760/karl-rove-crossroads-superpac-2012?page=0,0&passthru=NDliOWE3MDI1YzkzYThiOWMxNThmZmM1NmEyMjY1MGY&utm_source=The%20New%20Republic&utm_campaign=4de61ed885-TNR_Daily_120111&utm_medium=email>for
> *The New Republic*.
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>   “Watergate? Whatever Was That?” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=25954>
> Posted on December 1, 2011 7:48 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=25954>
> by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> The *NY Times* offers this editorial.<http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/01/opinion/watergate-whatever-was-that.html?_r=1>
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>   Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, election
> administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18> | Comments Off
>   “A Reversal in Progress: Restricting Voting Rights for Electoral Gain”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=25952>
> Posted on December 1, 2011 7:46 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=25952>
> by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> The Democratic National Committee’s “Voting Rights Institute” has issueda new report<http://www.democrats.org/pdf/vri/Reversal_in_Progress>in connection with the launch ofthis website<http://www.protectingthevote.org/>
> .
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>   Posted in election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>, The
> Voting Wars <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60> | Comments Off
>   Allegations of Campaign Finance Money to Pay Off a Mistress<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=25949>
> Posted on November 30, 2011 9:29 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=25949>
> by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> Richardson<http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204397704577070603352881354.html>,
> not Edwards this time.
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>   Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>,
> chicanery <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=12> | Comments Off
>   Buddy Roemer to Seek Americans Elect Nomination<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=25947>
> Posted on November 30, 2011 9:27 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=25947>
> by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> Weigel report<http://www.slate.com/blogs/weigel/2011/11/30/buddy_roemer_your_new_third_party_savior.html>s.
> Does he know of their democracy deficit<http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1111/67965.html>?
> (In case any readers are wondering, no, I never heard back from anyone at
> the group about my publishing a full rebuttal to my *Politico*oped from
> them here on my blog.)  Among AE’s problems: “(1) the group has offered no
> reason to fail to disclose its donors; (2) its internet election plans are
> troubling because they are insecure and require Internet access to vote;
> and (3) the group’s by-laws and draft rules allow the Board to overrule
> voters who participate in choosing a candidate.
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>   Posted in ballot access <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=46>, third
> parties <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=47> | Comments Off
>   “Congressional incumbents start attracting ‘super PACs”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=25944>
> Posted on November 30, 2011 4:46 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=25944>
> by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> *WaPo* reports<http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/the-influence-industry-congressional-incumbents-start-attracting-super-pacs/2011/11/30/gIQAAdl0DO_story.html>
> .
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>  “Political Participation: A National Conversation Examining the State of
> Voting Rights for 2012″ <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=25941>
> Posted on November 30, 2011 2:21 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=25941>
> by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> ACS has this great event<http://www.acslaw.org/events/2011-12-01/political-participation-a-national-conversation-examining-the-state-of-voting-righ?mgs1=10216gZ6QU>tomorrow in DC.
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