[EL] NYC system a model?

[Smith, Brad]

Hey, I'm sure they gave Allison 650 words or so. There are limits.


Bradley A. Smith

Josiah H. Blackmore II/Shirley M. Nault

   Professor of Law

Capital University Law School

303 E. Broad St.

Columbus, OH 43215

614.236.6317

http://law.capital.edu/faculty/bios/bsmith.aspx

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From: Bill Maurer [wmaurer at ij.org]
Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2012 12:44 PM
To: Smith, Brad; law-election at UCI.edu
Subject: RE: NYC system a model?

Brad,

You’re selling the New York system short.  It has so many more avenues for waste and abuse than just those.

http://www.makenolaw.org/blog/8-government/187-fighting-corruption-by-getting-the-taxpayer-to-pay-your-parking-tickets

Bill

From: law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu [mailto:law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu] On Behalf Of Smith, Brad
Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2012 8:05 AM
To: law-election at UCI.edu
Subject: Re: [EL] NYC system a model?

Ironic that the CFI report should coincide with recent news about more corruption in New York City's tax financed system for campaigns. See http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/unclean_elections_xC5dUPJXIhx5tStDvjARnN#ixzz1oUzlTHh4.


"The arrest of Hou — accused of using straw donors to trigger more matching funds from taxpayers — is merely the latest shoe to drop.

Yet Liu is far from unique. The numerous abuses include everything from City Council candidates collecting public funds for “races” that weren’t seriously contested, to labor unions being accused of illegally coordinating efforts with candidates."


Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/unclean_elections_xC5dUPJXIhx5tStDvjARnN#ixzz1oXeyAINm


Bradley A. Smith

Josiah H. Blackmore II/Shirley M. Nault

   Professor of Law

Capital University Law School

303 E. Broad St.

Columbus, OH 43215

614.236.6317

http://law.capital.edu/faculty/bios/bsmith.aspx

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From: law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu<mailto:law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu> [law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu] on behalf of Rick Hasen [rhasen at law.uci.edu]
Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2012 11:00 AM
To: law-election at UCI.edu<mailto:law-election at UCI.edu>
Subject: [EL] ELB News and Commentary 3/8/12

“‘Small Donors, Big Democracy: New York City’s Matching Funds as a Model for the Nation and States’ published in Election Law Journal”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=31225>
Posted on March 8, 2012 7:53 am<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=31225> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

See this press release<http://www.cfinst.org/Press/PReleases/12-03-08/%E2%80%9CSmall_Donors_Big_Democracy_New_York_City%E2%80%99s_Matching_Funds_as_a_Model_for_the_Nation_and_States%E2%80%9D_published_in_Election_Law_Journal.aspx>.
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