[EL] Planned Parenthood Candidate Endorsement

[Larry Levine]

It happens all the time - candidates or consultants fail to recognize the
distinction between some of these groups and misstate the endorsement. It
usually is cause by lack of knowledge.

Larry

 

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[mailto:law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu] On Behalf Of
Scarberry, Mark
Sent: Sunday, May 27, 2012 10:51 PM
To: law-election at uci.edu
Subject: [EL] Planned Parenthood Candidate Endorsement

 

We just received a mailer paid for by a Democratic congressional candidate
stating that Planned Parenthood supports her candidacy. 

 

Planned Parenthood(Planned Parenthood Federation of America?) is a
501(c)(3), I think, though I think it also has a 501(c)(4) affiliate, the
Planned Parenthood Action Fund. 

 

Perhaps the candidate simply failed to use the correct name (Planned
Parenthood Action Fund, I assume). Is a (c)(4) affiliate is entitled to
endorse a candidate using the generic name of the umbrella organization?

 

Mark S. Scarberry

Professor of Law

Pepperdine Univ. School of Law

 

 

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