[EL] Fwd: Statement by Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer On Presidential Nominations to FEC Made Today
Rick Hasen
rhasen at law.uci.edu
Fri Jun 21 13:40:04 PDT 2013
Serious question Steve: how does McGahn waiting for a replacement help?
If FEC cannot act without 4 commissioners, why can't he simply resign
even absent a successor?
On 6/21/13 1:37 PM, Steve Klein wrote:
> 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
> <mailto: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>
> <mailto:wertheimer at democracy21.org>
> Reply-To: <kbeard at democracy21.org> <mailto:kbeard at democracy21.org>
> To: Rick Hasen <rhasen at law.uci.edu> <mailto:rhasen at law.uci.edu>
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> _________________________________________________________________
>
> Democracy 21 News Release, June 21, 2013, www.democracy21.org
> <http://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
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