[EL] Equating journalistic editorials with other corporate election advocacy

[Thomas J. Cares]

That comparison really puzzles me.
Can we really not have consensus that there's a difference between a
corporation filling a market demand for election advocacy speech - and
profiting from that just as an energy company profits by filling a market
demand for energy - and an energy company investing in election advocacy
speech, not to fill a market demand for that speech to make a profit from
the speech, but to alter the course of public policy such to increase the
profits of their energy business, both by affecting who gets elected and -
even without necessarily altering who would get elected - corrupting the
policy deliberations of policy-makers by making their elections dependent
on their I.E.s
Regardless of whether one agrees with (or was the primary individual to
have accomplished) the CU decision, that distinction should not be
difficult to acknowledge.

-Thomas J. Cares

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On Mar 24, 2012, at 1:09 PM, JBoppjr at aol.com wrote:

Thanks to Rick for informing us of another multi-million dollar corporate
expenditure to corrupt the judiciary:

It’s Not Every Day the Severability Doctrine Makes the NY Times Op-Ed Page

Fortunately, if "corporations are not people" any more, we won't have to
hear from the NYTimes any more. See New York Times v. Sullivan.

And their evil effort to use their vast corporate wealth to corrupt the
judiciary can be stopped. Jim Bopp

In a message dated 3/24/2012 12:46:00 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
rhasen at law.uci.edu writes:

Update on the South Carolina Voter ID Voting Rights Act Challenge

Posted on March 23, 2012 9:27 pm by Rick Hasen

Here.

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“Obama’s Small-Dollar Percentage Down Slightly in February; Santorum’s
Stayed High; Romney’s Stayed Low”

Posted on March 23, 2012 4:59 pm by Rick Hasen

The Campaign Finance Institute has issued this press release.

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Minnesota Voter ID Amendment Would End, Without Notice, Same Day Voter
Registration

Posted on March 23, 2012 4:10 pm by Rick Hasen

Ending same day voter registration is not part of the ballot language for a
constitutional amendment establishing a voter id requirement, leading Minn.
Secretary of State Mark Ritchie to call it a “Trojan horse.”

Minnesota’s voter id proposal looks like a false solution to a non-existent
problem.

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Lessig Responds to Critics About Supporting Roemer While Holding AE
Leadership Position

Posted on March 23, 2012 4:06 pm by Rick Hasen

Go to the bottom of the comments on this post at Irregular Times. From my
read of Lessig’s comments, it appears that AE is touting him as part of
their leadership in ways that are inconsistent with his own understanding
of his role: “My only activity with them has been to raise criticisms and
concerns with their management. I helped people concerned about the voting
technology get access to the staff. I have raised concerns about how they
frame priorities.”

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“Photo ID marches on, but critics vow litigation”

Posted on March 23, 2012 3:59 pm by Rick Hasen

The latest from Minnesota.

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Will Buddy Roemer Pick Abramoff or Lessig as His VP Choice on AE Ticket?

Posted on March 23, 2012 3:25 pm by Rick Hasen

Or maybe someone else.  Roemer has promised we will be “shocked, pleased
and surprised.”

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“Romney’s road to nomination paved by dedicated delegate counter”

Posted on March 23, 2012 2:03 pm by Rick Hasen

WaPo offers this profile of Katie Biber Chen.  See also this brief GQ
profile in which I am quoted on the importance of Biber’s work for Romney.

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“Republican primary turnout rebounds, is up overall”

Posted on March 23, 2012 1:45 pm by Rick Hasen

The Fix reports.

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“Congressional Redistricting Matters, and It’s Hurting This Country: a
Response to Michael Barone”

Posted on March 23, 2012 1:42 pm by Rick Hasen

FairVote responds.

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“Mistrial declared in Troy ballot fraud trial”

Posted on March 23, 2012 9:00 am by Rick Hasen

I had missed this development.
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