[EL] ELB News and Commentary 11/4/11

Fri Nov 4 08:32:33 PDT 2011

Enforement agencies set thresholds like the point system not only for
uniformity of application, as Steve says, but also for administrative
efficiency -- to direct limited resources to the most likely targets.  It
also is common to refuse to identify those thresholds to avoid giving
malefactors a road map on how to avoid investigation and prosecution.  Thus
the Justice Department directs (or used to direct) US attorney offices to
pursue drug cases only when they involved X amount of a particular
substance.  I grant that there is a different public interest in letting
everyone know what campaign activities they can undertake than how much
crystal meth they can produce and that reasonable people can differ on the
level of disclosure in each case.  So can unreasonable people, for that
matter.

On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 11:18 AM, Steve Hoersting <hoersting at gmail.com>wrote:

> The FEC has a points systems that triggers audits.  Audit findings can
> lead to enforcement.  The FEC also has internal enforcement procedures --
> or did when I was there.  Both should be publicly available, for the
> reasons Congressman Rokita noted yesterday.
>
> The best that can be said for the audit-points system is that it is a
> workable substitute for the authority to conduct random audits.  You don't
> want the FEC to have random audit authority.  It would make the commission
> more "relevant" at the *worst* possible time: in September and October of
> even-numbered years.  This would be a horror everyone seems to understand
> and something almost no one wants.
>
> Even as the points-system to trigger an audit (based upon red flags found
> in the review of reports) is far, far a better than giving the FEC random
> audit authority, those thresholds still should be made available to the
> public.
>
> Steve Hoersting
>
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 10:56 AM, <JBoppjr at aol.com> wrote:
>
>> **
>> FEC Commissioner McGahn says that the FEC has some "secret law" that the
>> House Committee may subpoena. For all the government transparency buffs, is
>> this something that needs to be made public?  It would also be helpful to
>> know what is in these secret documents.  Could someone who worked at the
>> FEC and saw these comment on that?  Jim Bopp
>>
>>  Click here: House Committee Threatens to Subpoena FEC Records : Roll
>> Call Lobbying & Influence<http://www.rollcall.com/news/house_committee_threatens_to_subpoena_fec_records-210021-1.html?pos=hbtxt>
>>
>>  In a message dated 11/4/2011 10:46:08 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
>> rhasen at law.uci.edu writes:
>>
>>  The Ninety-Nine Percent <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=25035>
>> Posted on November 4, 2011 7:43 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=25035>
>> by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>> Yesterday I began the unit on campaign finance in my election law
>> seminar, and many of the students’ reacton papers pointed with admiration
>> to a quote from John S. Shockley, *Money in Politics: Judicial
>> Roadblocks to Campaign Finance Reform*, 10 Hastings Constitutional Law
>> Quarterly 679 (1983), which appears in an annotated footnote in *Buckley
>> v. Valeo*.  Here’s what John wrote:
>>
>> If one agrees with the Court that being able to spend only $25,000 to
>> $50,000 annually on campaigning is in fact a substantial restraint upon
>> constitutional expression, what does this say about the rights of the
>> ninety-nine percent of the American electorate who cannot expend even this
>> ‘substantially restrained’ amount? Since their ability to speak is
>> presumably restrained even more, where are they to look for the protection
>> of their First Amendment rights?
>>
>> It is good to know that John’s work has stood the test of time, and his
>> 99% reference was entirely prescient!
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>  [image:
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>> Ninety-Nine Percent&description=]<http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D25035&title=The%20Ninety-Nine%20Percent&description=>
>>  Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10> | Comments
>> Off
>>  Justice Stevens on Redistricting and Courts in the Political Thicket<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=25033>
>> Posted on November 4, 2011 7:39 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=25033>
>> by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>> From the SCOTUSblog interview<http://www.scotusblog.com/2011/11/an-interview-with-justice-stevens/#more-131024>
>> :
>>
>> *Question*: Let me ask you a more substantive question, arising from
>> your discussion of *Reynolds v. Sims*and the voting rights cases that
>> the Warren Court decided.  One thing that you have long urged is that the
>> Court ought to care a lot more than it does about partisan gerrymandering.
>>
>> *Justice Stevens*: Absolutely.
>>
>> *Question*:   And at the same time, of course, you also have argued that
>> the Court should stay out of politics in certain instances.  I wonder how
>> you would envision the Court getting involved in something as crass and
>> divisive as partisan gerrymandering while maintaining the public perception
>> of political independence.
>>
>> *Justice Stevens*:  Well it goes back to the fundamental equal
>> protection principle that government has the duty to be impartial.  When
>> it’s engaged in districting it should be impartial.
>>
>> Nowadays, the political parties acknowledge that they are deliberately
>> trying to gerrymander the districts in a way that will help the majority. I
>> just read a newspaper article the other day about the Maryland
>> redistricting, which is designed to help the Democrats.  That’s
>> outrageously unconstitutional in my judgment.  The government cannot
>> gerrymander for the purpose of helping the majority party; the government
>> should be redistricting for the purpose of creating appropriate legislative
>> districts.  And the government ought to start with the notion that
>> districts should be compact and contiguous as statutes used to require.
>>
>> *Question*:   And you think that if the Court got involved in reviewing
>> these kinds of redistricting plans that there would be a way to fend off
>> accusations that the Court is choosing sides in political warfare?
>>
>> *Justice Stevens*:  Oh absolutely.  If the Court followed neutral
>> principles in whatever rules they adopted, the rules would apply equally to
>> the Republicans and Democrats.  I think that line of cases would generate a
>> body of law such as the one-person, one-vote cases that would be
>> administered in a neutral way.  This is one of my major disappointments in
>> my entire career: that I was so totally unsuccessful in persuading the
>> Court on something so obviously correct.  Indeed, I think that the Court’s
>> failure to act in this area is one of the things that has contributed to
>> the much greater partisanship in legislative bodies now that wasn’t true
>> years ago when I worked on a sub-committee of the House Judiciary Committee.
>>
>>
>>  [image:
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>> Stevens on Redistricting and Courts in the Political Thicket&description=]<http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D25033&title=Justice%20Stevens%20on%20Redistricting%20and%20Courts%20in%20the%20Political%20Thicket&description=>
>>  Posted in redistricting <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=6>, Supreme
>> Court <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29> | Comments Off
>>  “A coalition of voters file first N.C. redistricting lawsuit”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=25031>
>> Posted on November 4, 2011 7:35 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=25031>
>> by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>> Here<http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/a_coalition_of_voters_file_first_nc_redistricting_lawsuit>
>> .
>>  [image:
>> http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=25031&title=â€œA
>> coalition of voters file first N.C. redistricting lawsuitâ€ &description=]<http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D25031&title=%E2%80%9CA%20coalition%20of%20voters%20file%20first%20N.C.%20redistricting%20lawsuit%E2%80%9D&description=>
>>  Posted in redistricting <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=6>, Voting
>> Rights Act <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15> | Comments Off
>>  “Cain Has Long Ties To Koch Brothers-Linked Group”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=25028>
>> Posted on November 4, 2011 7:32 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=25028>
>> by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>> NPR reports<http://www.npr.org/2011/11/04/142006513/cain-has-long-ties-to-koch-brothers-linked-group>
>> .
>>  [image:
>> http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=25028&title=â€œCain
>> Has Long Ties To Koch Brothers-Linked Groupâ€ &description=]<http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D25028&title=%E2%80%9CCain%20Has%20Long%20Ties%20To%20Koch%20Brothers-Linked%20Group%E2%80%9D&description=>
>>  Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10> | Comments
>> Off
>>  “County in Colo. has high number on inactive voters”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=25025>
>> Posted on November 4, 2011 7:27 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=25025>
>> by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>> The *Washington Independent* reports<http://washingtonindependent.com/115234/county-in-colo-has-high-number-on-inactive-voters>
>> .
>>  [image:
>> http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=25025&title=â€œCounty
>> in Colo. has high number on inactive votersâ€ &description=]<http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D25025&title=%E2%80%9CCounty%20in%20Colo.%20has%20high%20number%20on%20inactive%20voters%E2%80%9D&description=>
>>  Posted in election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18> | Comments
>> Off
>>  “Will Florida’s Dual Election System Breathe Life into Bush v. Gore?”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=25022>
>> Posted on November 4, 2011 7:25 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=25022>
>> by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>> Dan Smith blogs<http://electionsmith.wordpress.com/2011/11/04/will-floridas-dual-election-system-breathe-life-into-bush-v-gore/>
>> .
>>  [image:
>> http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=25022&title=â€œWill
>> Floridaâ€™s Dual Election System Breathe Life into Bush v. Gore?â€
>> &description=]<http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D25022&title=%E2%80%9CWill%20Florida%E2%80%99s%20Dual%20Election%20System%20Breathe%20Life%20into%20Bush%20v.%20Gore%3F%E2%80%9D&description=>
>>  Posted in election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18> | Comments
>> Off
>>  “Election Law as Elective of Choice”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=25019>
>> Posted on November 4, 2011 7:24 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=25019>
>> by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>> Kirsten Nussbaumer has posted this draft<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1950416>on SSRN (forthcoming,
>> *St. Louis University Law Review* symposium on teaching election law).
>> Here is the abstract:
>>
>> This article, an invited contribution to a symposium on teaching election
>> law, presents election law as a field that is fundamentally, inescapably
>> interdisciplinary in nature and, on that account, of special value for our
>> students. The interplay of doctrinal reasoning, empirical political
>> science, and humanistic inquiry that characterizes election law is
>> well-suited for both the traditional law school classroom and a practicum
>> in election law.
>>
>>  [image:
>> http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=25019&title=â€œElection
>> Law as Elective of Choiceâ€ &description=]<http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D25019&title=%E2%80%9CElection%20Law%20as%20Elective%20of%20Choice%E2%80%9D&description=>
>>  Posted in pedagogy <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=23> | Comments Off
>>  “GOP cries foul on winner-take-all bill”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=25016>
>> Posted on November 4, 2011 7:12 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=25016>
>> by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>> Republicans work hard<http://www.omaha.com/article/20111104/NEWS01/711049881/0>to eliminate congressional seat allocation of electoral votes in Nebraska
>> just as they try to implement such a system in Pennsylvania.
>>  [image:
>> http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=25016&title=â€œGOP
>> cries foul on winner-take-all billâ€ &description=]<http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D25016&title=%E2%80%9CGOP%20cries%20foul%20on%20winner-take-all%20bill%E2%80%9D&description=>
>>  Posted in electoral college <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=44> | Comments
>> Off
>>  “Congressional Democrats seek to curb tough state voter-screening laws”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=25012>
>> Posted on November 3, 2011 9:41 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=25012>
>> by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>> McClatchy reports<http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/11/03/2486155/congressional-democrats-seek-to.html>
>> .
>>  [image:
>> http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=25012&title=â€œCongressional
>> Democrats seek to curb tough state voter-screening lawsâ€ &description=]<http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D25012&title=%E2%80%9CCongressional%20Democrats%20seek%20to%20curb%20tough%20state%20voter-screening%20laws%E2%80%9D&description=>
>>  Posted in election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>, The
>> Voting Wars <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60> | Comments Off
>>  “When an Oversight Hearing Becomes an Oversight”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=25009>
>> Posted on November 3, 2011 9:15 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=25009>
>> by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>> Meredith McGehee blogs<http://www.clcblog.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=438:when-an-oversight-hearing-becomes-an-oversight-11-3-11>
>> .
>>  [image:
>> http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=25009&title=â€œWhen
>> an Oversight Hearing Becomes an Oversightâ€ &description=]<http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D25009&title=%E2%80%9CWhen%20an%20Oversight%20Hearing%20Becomes%20an%20Oversight%E2%80%9D&description=>
>>  Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10> | Comments
>> Off
>>  “What is the Justice Department doing about Southern voting rights?”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=25007>
>> Posted on November 3, 2011 9:13 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=25007>
>> by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>> This item<http://www.southernstudies.org/2011/11/what-is-the-justice-department-doing-about-southern-voting-rights.html>appears at “Facing South.”
>>  [image:
>> http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=25007&title=â€œWhat
>> is the Justice Department doing about Southern voting rights?â€
>> &description=]<http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D25007&title=%E2%80%9CWhat%20is%20the%20Justice%20Department%20doing%20about%20Southern%20voting%20rights%3F%E2%80%9D&description=>
>>  Posted in Department of Justice <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=26>, Voting
>> Rights Act <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15> | Comments Off
>>  “Wisconsin: AG opinion says LG would not be automatically included in
>> Gov recall” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=25005>
>> Posted on November 3, 2011 9:12 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=25005>
>> by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>> The Recall Elections Blog reports<http://recallelections.blogspot.com/2011/11/wisconsin-ag-opinion-says-lg-would-not_03.html>
>> .
>>  [image:
>> http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=25005&title=â€œWisconsin:
>> AG opinion says LG would not be automatically included in Gov recallâ€
>> &description=]<http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D25005&title=%E2%80%9CWisconsin%3A%20AG%20opinion%20says%20LG%20would%20not%20be%20automatically%20included%20in%20Gov%20recall%E2%80%9D&description=>
>>  Posted in recall elections <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=11> | Comments
>> Off
>>  “Rokita Questions FEC Bureaucrats on Refusal to Disclose Enforcement
>> Rules” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=25002>
>> Posted on November 3, 2011 9:09 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=25002>
>> by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>> See this press release<http://rokita.house.gov/press-release/rokita-questions-fec-bureaucrats-refusal-disclose-enforcement-rules>
>> .
>>  [image:
>> http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=25002&title=â€œRokita
>> Questions FEC Bureaucrats on Refusal to Disclose Enforcement Rulesâ€
>> &description=]<http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D25002&title=%E2%80%9CRokita%20Questions%20FEC%20Bureaucrats%20on%20Refusal%20to%20Disclose%20Enforcement%20Rules%E2%80%9D&description=>
>>  Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10> | Comments
>> Off
>>  “FEC Urged to Reject Senator Lee’s Attempt to Create a ‘Super
>> Leadership PAC’ in Comments Filed by Campaign Legal Center & Democracy 21″<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=24999>
>> Posted on November 3, 2011 9:07 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=24999>
>> by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>> See this press release<http://www.campaignlegalcenter.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1516:november-3-2011-fec-urged-to-reject-senator-lees-attempt-to-create-a-super-leadership-pac-in-comments-filed-campaign-legal-center-a-democracy-21&catid=63:legal-center-press-releases&Itemid=61>
>> .
>>  [image:
>> http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=24999&title=â€œFEC
>> Urged to Reject Senator Leeâ€™s Attempt to Create a â€˜Super Leadership
>> PACâ€™ in Comments Filed by Campaign Legal Center & Democracy
>> 21â€³&description=]<http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D24999&title=%E2%80%9CFEC%20Urged%20to%20Reject%20Senator%20Lee%E2%80%99s%20Attempt%20to%20Create%20a%20%E2%80%98Super%20Leadership%20PAC%E2%80%99%20in%20Comments%20Filed%20by%20Campaign%20Legal%20Center%20%26%20Democracy%2021%E2%80%B3&description=>
>>  Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10> | Comments
>> Off
>>  “House Panel’s Oversight Hearing on FEC Spotlights Divisions Among
>> Commissioners” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=24996>
>> Posted on November 3, 2011 9:04 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=24996>
>> by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>> BNA reports<http://news.bna.com/mpdm/MPDMWB/split_display.adp?fedfid=23324090&vname=mpebulallissues&fn=23324090&jd=a0c9q0j4a9&split=0>
>> .
>>  [image:
>> http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=24996&title=â€œHouse
>> Panelâ€™s Oversight Hearing on FEC Spotlights Divisions Among
>> Commissionersâ€ &description=]<http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D24996&title=%E2%80%9CHouse%20Panel%E2%80%99s%20Oversight%20Hearing%20on%20FEC%20Spotlights%20Divisions%20Among%20Commissioners%E2%80%9D&description=>
>>  Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10> | Comments
>> Off
>>  “Creating the Voting Rights Act of 2012″<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=24993>
>> Posted on November 3, 2011 9:56 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=24993>
>> by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>> *Why Tuesday?* is sponsoring this event<http://www.whytuesday.org/why-tuesday-2012-kickoff/>in D.C. on Tuesday.
>>  [image:
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>> the Voting Rights Act of 2012â€³&description=]<http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D24993&title=%E2%80%9CCreating%20the%20Voting%20Rights%20Act%20of%202012%E2%80%B3&description=>
>>  Posted in Uncategorized <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=1> | Comments
>> Off
>>  “Voter head to Polls to Vote on Voting”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=24991>
>> Posted on November 3, 2011 9:55 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=24991>
>> by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>> That’s the lead story in this week’s Electionline Weekly<http://www.electionline.org/index.php/electionline-weekly>
>> .
>>  [image:
>> http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=24991&title=â€œVoter
>> head to Polls to Vote on Votingâ€ &description=]<http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D24991&title=%E2%80%9CVoter%20head%20to%20Polls%20to%20Vote%20on%20Voting%E2%80%9D&description=>
>>  Posted in election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18> | Comments
>> Off
>>  “Legal Center Calls for FEC Overhaul, Submits Congressional Testimony
>> on Dysfunctional Agency” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=24988>
>> Posted on November 3, 2011 9:54 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=24988>
>> by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>> See this press release<http://www.campaignlegalcenter.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1514:november-3-2011-legal-center-calls-for-fec-overhaul-submits-congressional-testimony-on-dysfunctional-agency&catid=63:legal-center-press-releases&Itemid=61>.
>> See also this NYT editorial.<http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/03/opinion/having-the-watchdogs-to-tea.html?src=tp>
>>  [image:
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>> Center Calls for FEC Overhaul, Submits Congressional Testimony on
>> Dysfunctional Agencyâ€ &description=]<http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D24988&title=%E2%80%9CLegal%20Center%20Calls%20for%20FEC%20Overhaul%2C%20Submits%20Congressional%20Testimony%20on%20Dysfunctional%20Agency%E2%80%9D&description=>
>>  Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, federal
>> election commission <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=24> | Comments Off
>>  CREW FOIA Request to FEC Republican Commissioners Leads to Claims of
>> Improper Ex Parte Communications <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=24985>
>> Posted on November 3, 2011 9:49 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=24985>
>> by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>> See this press release<http://www.citizensforethics.org/press/entry/report-reveals-republican-fec-commissioners-working-with-outside-allies>about this
>> report <http://crew.3cdn.net/e96220a7af6a2d0143_eum6bx04c.pdf>.
>>  [image:
>> http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=24985&title=CREW
>> FOIA Request to FEC Republican Commissioners Leads to Claims of Improper Ex
>> Parte Communications&description=]<http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D24985&title=CREW%20FOIA%20Request%20to%20FEC%20Republican%20Commissioners%20Leads%20to%20Claims%20of%20Improper%20Ex%20Parte%20Communications&description=>
>>  Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, federal
>> election commission <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=24> | Comments Off
>>  Dan Backer Live Tweets FEC Congressional Hearing<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=24982>
>> Posted on November 3, 2011 8:13 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=24982>
>> by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>> Here <https://twitter.com/#%21/DBCapStrategies>.
>>  [image:
>> http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=24982&title=Dan
>> Backer Live Tweets FEC Congressional Hearing&description=]<http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D24982&title=Dan%20Backer%20Live%20Tweets%20FEC%20Congressional%20Hearing&description=>
>>  Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10> | Comments
>> Off
>>  “Advocates Seek New Avenues for Corporate Accountability”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=24980>
>> Posted on November 3, 2011 8:12 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=24980>
>> by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>> Lisa Gilbert has written this oped<http://www.citizenvox.org/2011/11/03/advocates-seek-new-avenues-for-corporate-accountability-citizens-united-fec-sec/>
>> .
>>  [image:
>> http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=24980&title=â€œAdvocates
>> Seek New Avenues for Corporate Accountabilityâ€ &description=]<http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D24980&title=%E2%80%9CAdvocates%20Seek%20New%20Avenues%20for%20Corporate%20Accountability%E2%80%9D&description=>
>>  Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10> | Comments
>> Off
>>  “Arizona Democrats Threaten Recall Elections Over Redistricting”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=24977>
>> Posted on November 3, 2011 8:07 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=24977>
>> by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>> The Fix reports<http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/arizona-democrats-threaten-recall-elections-over-redistricting/2011/11/02/gIQA9x2FgM_blog.html>
>> .
>>  [image:
>> http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=24977&title=â€œArizona
>> Democrats Threaten Recall Elections Over Redistrictingâ€ &description=]<http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D24977&title=%E2%80%9CArizona%20Democrats%20Threaten%20Recall%20Elections%20Over%20Redistricting%E2%80%9D&description=>
>>  Posted in recall elections <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=11>,
>> redistricting <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=6> | Comments Off
>> “Agency Nullification at the FEC” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=24975>
>> Posted on November 3, 2011 8:06 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=24975>
>> by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>> Craig Holman and Melanie Sloan have written this op-ed f<http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1111/67505.html>or
>> *Politico*.
>>  [image:
>> http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=24975&title=â€œAgency
>> Nullification at the FECâ€ &description=]<http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D24975&title=%E2%80%9CAgency%20Nullification%20at%20the%20FEC%E2%80%9D&description=>
>>  Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10> | Comments
>> Off
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