[EL] No EAC?

Fri Apr 13 17:44:19 PDT 2012

"Al Kamen<http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/no-election-commissioners-no-problem/2012/04/12/gIQAjsMqDT_story.html>: 'Wait, isn't this an election year? The kind that will see voters stepping into booths and casting ballots, pulling levers and punching buttons? Bad timing then for the Election Assistance Commission<http://www.eac.gov/> to be completely leaderless. It's the body that was created in the wake of the 2000 presidential election's hanging-chad debacle and tasked with overseeing federal election standards.'"

-          Al Kamen apparently has no idea what the functions of the EAC were. Shouldn't a reporter have some obligation to understand the subject and function of his story? Suggesting that the because it is an election year it is bad timing for the EAC not to have commissioners is like asking who does the typing at Treasury when Secretary Geithner is in New York.

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Exhibit A on Why We Need to Fix Campaign Finance Disclosure Law<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=32965>
Posted on April 13, 2012 2:04 pm<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=32965> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Crossroads GPS gets an anonymous $10 million donation<http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/mystery-donor-gives-10-million-to-crossroads-gps-group-to-run-anti-obama-ads/2012/04/13/gIQAzdtdFT_story.html> (possibly from a corporation) to run political ads.  Thanks to holes in our disclosure laws <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=32374> the identity may never be revealed to the public.
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"No election commissioners? No problem."<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=32962>
Posted on April 13, 2012 10:34 am<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=32962> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Al Kamen<http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/no-election-commissioners-no-problem/2012/04/12/gIQAjsMqDT_story.html>: "Wait, isn't this an election year? The kind that will see voters stepping into booths and casting ballots, pulling levers and punching buttons? Bad timing then for the Election Assistance Commission<http://www.eac.gov/> to be completely leaderless. It's the body that was created in the wake of the 2000 presidential election's hanging-chad debacle and tasked with overseeing federal election standards."

This is a theme of mine in The Voting Wars.<http://www.amazon.com/Voting-Wars-Florida-Election-Meltdown/dp/0300182031/ref=sr_1_cc_2?s=aps&ie=UTF8&qid=1329286945&sr=1-2-catcorr>  The EAC: what a lost opportunity.
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"Corporations under pressure on political spending"<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=32959>
Posted on April 13, 2012 9:03 am<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=32959> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

USA Today reports<http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/story/2012-04-13/corporate-political-spending/54251644/1>.
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Responses to Sherman and Primo on Corruption Rankings<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=32956>
Posted on April 13, 2012 9:01 am<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=32956> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Here<http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303815404577336031025103956.html>, in the WSJ.
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"Companies Flee Group Behind 'Stand Your Ground'"<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=32953>
Posted on April 13, 2012 9:00 am<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=32953> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Important NPR report<http://www.npr.org/2012/04/13/150528572/as-pressure-mounts-companies-flee-coalition>.
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Posted in campaign finance<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, lobbying<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=28>, voter id<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=9> | Comments Off
Common Cause Says ALEC is Violating Its 501c3 Status<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=32948>
Posted on April 13, 2012 8:41 am<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=32948> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

I'm no tax lawyer, but on its face this looks like <http://www.commoncause.org/siteapps/advocacy/ActionItem.aspx?c=dkLNK1MQIwG&b=7550265> a reasonable point. A c3 cannot engage in substantial lobbying and legislation is necessary to achieve its ends.

What am I missing?  (And I concede I may be missing something-I'm way outside my comfort zone here.)

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Two Blog Posts by Janai Nelson<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=32946>
Posted on April 13, 2012 8:37 am<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=32946> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

African Elections in 2012 on the World Stage and in the Classroom<http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2012/04/african-elections-in-2012-on-the-world-stage-and-in-the-classroom.html> and Viewpoint, Voting, and Structuring the Electorate<http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2012/04/viewpoint-voting-and-structuring-the-electorate.html>.
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You Can Now Read Marcia Coyle's Important Article on the Montana Campaign Finance Case<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=32942>
Posted on April 13, 2012 8:32 am<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=32942> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

...without a paid subscription. Click here<http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/PubArticleNLJ.jsp?id=1202548646582&slreturn=1>.  (You may need to do free registration for access.)
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"9th Circuit: Public Radio, TV Stations Can Run Political Advertising"<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=32939>
Posted on April 13, 2012 8:00 am<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=32939> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

BLT reports<http://legaltimes.typepad.com/blt/2012/04/9th-circuit-public-radio-tv-stations-can-run-political-advertising.html>.
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FEC Considers Van Hollen Case Appeal While It Wrestles With Advisory Opinions"<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=32937>
Posted on April 13, 2012 7:58 am<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=32937> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Bloomberg BNA<http://news.bna.com/mpdm/MPDMWB/split_display.adp?fedfid=25814282&vname=mpebulallissues&jd=a0d1k4q9e9&split=0>: "The Federal Election Commission is considering but has not yet decided whether to appeal a federal judge's recent ruling on disclosure of donors to independent organizations sponsoring political advertising, Caroline Hunter, the FEC's chairwoman, told BNA April 12. Hunter made the comment during a break from an FEC meeting<http://www.fec.gov/agenda/2012/agenda20120412.shtml> in which commissioners discussed but did not vote on a series of controversial advisory opinion rulings."
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"Less Effort, More Money? Me Too!"<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=32934>
Posted on April 13, 2012 7:56 am<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=32934> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Gary Silverman<http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/0195afd8-83ca-11e1-82ca-00144feab49a.html#axzz1rvsia1sm> on Rick Santorum's "suspension" of his campaign.
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"Road to Democratic House Majority Bypasses Pennsylvania"<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=32932>
Posted on April 13, 2012 7:55 am<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=32932> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Bloomberg<http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-04-13/road-to-democratic-house-majority-bypasses-pennsylvania.html>: "he road to a Democratic majority in the U.S. House of Representatives used to run through the industrial battleground states of Pennsylvania (BEESPA)<http://www.bloomberg.com/quote/BEESPA:IND> and Ohio (BEESOH)<http://www.bloomberg.com/quote/BEESOH:IND>. That's no longer so as Republicans, in control of the largest number of state legislatures since 1928, have redrawn congressional boundaries to bolster their 2010 election gains and cordon Democrats into concentrated urban districts. The new lines will make it difficult for Democrats to pick up enough seats to gain the House majority in November."
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"The big money in presidential politics is about to get a whole lot bigger"<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=32930>
Posted on April 13, 2012 7:48 am<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=32930> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Must-read<http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/13/us/politics/campaigns-plan-maximum-push-to-raise-money.html?_r=1&hp> NYT preview of the presidential money race.
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"Has Super PAC Cash Corrupted TV Stations?"<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=32928>
Posted on April 13, 2012 7:47 am<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=32928> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Jeff Rosen writes <http://www.tnr.com/article/politics/102414/fcc-free-speech-citizens-united-local-tv> for TNR.
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