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Subject: 	Statement by Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer On 
Presidential Nominations to FEC Made Today
Date: 	Fri, 21 Jun 2013 16:08:10 -0400
From: 	<wertheimer at democracy21.org>
Reply-To: 	<kbeard at democracy21.org>
To: 	Rick Hasen <rhasen at law.uci.edu>



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Democracy 21 News Release, June 21, 2013, www.democracy21.org 
<http://www.democracy21.org/>
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*Statement by Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer On Presidential 
Nominations to FEC Made Today*

We are pleased that President Obama has begun the process of nominating 
FEC Commissioners to fill the one vacant seat and the five expired seats 
on the Commission.

 From what we know, Ann Ravel, head of the California Fair Political 
Practices Commission, has been an outstanding leader in the area of 
campaign finance oversight and enforcement.  Ann Ravel has led an effort 
in California to shed light on secret money in California elections and 
has demonstrated a commitment to effective enforcement of campaign 
finance disclosure laws.  She is an excellent choice for the FEC.

We are not familiar with the record of Lee Goodman, but we hope he will 
bring a stronger commitment to the effective administration and 
enforcement of the campaign finance laws than his predecessor, Don 
McGahn, who has consistently worked to undermine the law and has 
repeatedly opposed efforts to enforce the campaign finance laws.

We urge President Obama to move promptly to fill the remaining four 
expired seats on the FEC with Commissioners who are committed to 
effective enforcement of the law.

The FEC is a failed, broken agency that has been entirely dysfunctional 
for the last several years. The agency has a long way to go to establish 
credibility as a real campaign finance enforcement agency and only time 
will tell whether that is going to happen.

The process of fixing the FEC needs to begin with President Obama 
nominating and the Senate confirming a full, new complement of six 
Commissioners. We need six Commissioners who are committed to carrying 
out the campaign finance laws as enacted by Congress and interpreted by 
the Courts and who can move beyond the gridlock that has paralyzed the 
agency.  We hope today's nominations prove to be an important first step 
in accomplishing that goal.

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Released: June 21, 2013

Contact Kathryn Beard, Democracy 21 at 202-355-9600 or 
kbeard at democracy21.org

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