[EL] Deep Sea Not Deep News

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The Club AO specifically distinguished between the Club's SSF and the SuperPAC: two different types of committees.
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From: Steve Kolbert <steve.kolbert at gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2011 16:01:31 
To: David Mason<dmason12 at gmail.com>
Cc: law-election at uci.edu<law-election at uci.edu>; Rick Hasen<rhasen at law.uci.edu>
Subject: Re: [EL] Deep Sea Not Deep News

I'm not sure a corporate SSF would have to abide by those solicitation
restrictions. See AO 2010-09 (Club for Growth) at 3-4 (granting a
corporate-sponsored SuperPAC the right to solicit contributions from the
general public).

Steve Kolbert
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steve.kolbert at gmail.com
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On Oct 17, 2011 3:51 PM, "David Mason" <dmason12 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Election law colleagues:
>
> What is one of the first rules on corporate SSFs?
>
> You can only solicit from the restricted class.
>
> Unless "deep sea" has a lot of employees or wealthy shareholders, this is
> not a very good way to fund a SuperPAC.
>
> From the look of this Form 1, Mr. Benjamin could use some professional help
> from someone on this list.
>
> Until he gets it, let's not assume this is some major legal development.
>
> Regards,
>
> Dave Mason
>
>
>>
>>  “Deep Sea Burial forms first corporate ‘super PAC”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=24325>
>> Posted on October 17, 2011 10:23 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=24325>
>> by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>> *WaPo* reports<http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/deep-sea-burial-forms-first-corporate-super-pac/2011/10/17/gIQABaRnrL_story.html>.
>> My earlier coverage is here. <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=24304>
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