[EL] Fwd: Statement by Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer On Presidential Nominations to FEC Made Today

[Steve Klein]

http://www.fec.gov/members/mcgahn/statements/DFM_Statement_062113.pdf

I like this statement more.


On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 2:11 PM, Rick Hasen <rhasen at law.uci.edu> wrote:

>  fyi
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> -------- Original Message --------  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><wertheimer at democracy21.org>  Reply-To:
> <kbeard at democracy21.org> <kbeard at democracy21.org>  To: Rick Hasen
> <rhasen at law.uci.edu> <rhasen at law.uci.edu>
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>   _________________________________________________________________
>
> Democracy 21 News Release, June 21, 2013, www.democracy21.org
> _________________________________________________________________
>
> *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.
>
> #  #  #
>
> Released: June 21, 2013
>
> Contact Kathryn Beard, Democracy 21 at 202-355-9600 or
> kbeard at democracy21.org
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Steve Klein
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