[EL] Comptroller decision

Mon Apr 7 13:25:03 PDT 2014

We can only hope so.  Jim Bopp

In a message dated 4/7/2014 11:38:26 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
BSmith at law.capital.edu writes:

Will  DiNapoli be any more or less corrupt if he participates? Will his 
politics  change?

Bradley A. Smith 
Josiah H. Blackmore II/Shirley M. Nault 
Professor of Law 
Capital University Law School 
303 E. Broad St. 
Columbus, OH 43215 
614.236.6317 
http://law.capital.edu/faculty/bios/bsmith.aspx

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From: law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu  
[law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu] on behalf of Rick Hasen  [rhasen at law.uci.edu]
Sent: Monday, April 07, 2014 11:28  AM
To: Sean Parnell; law-election at uci.edu
Subject: [EL]  Comptroller decision

please use this thread if anyone responds to Sean.
On 4/7/2014 8:21 AM, Sean Parnell wrote:

I  highly recommend the New York Times article Rick links to about New  
York Comptroller’ DiNapoli’s decision to opt out of the taxpayer financed  
campaign program in 2014, something he’s been a longtime advocate for. It’s  
hilarious, at least if you’re a skeptic of these programs.  
DiNapoli’s  reasons, at least those stated in the article, boil down to the 
 following: 
1.        It  starts in 2014, not 2018 
2.        The  Board of Elections is in charge (he apparently is not a fan 
of that  body) 
3.        The  funds come from the ‘unclaimed property’ account, which his 
office  administers 
4.        He’d  have to give back about $1.5 million of the $2.1 million he’
s already raised  for the race 
The  program, limited to the Controller’s race in 2014 (as DiNapoli has 
long  suggested), is generally modeled on New York City’s, with a 6:1 match for 
 donations of $175 or less. 
Why  am I reminded of Augustine’s prayer, “Lord, make me chaste, but not  
yet!”? 

Sean  Parnell 
President 
Impact  Policy Management, LLC 
6411  Caleb Court 
Alexandria,  VA  22315 
571-289-1374  (c) 
_sean at impactpolicymanagement.com_ (mailto:sean at impactpolicymanagement.com) 

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[mailto:law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu]  On Behalf Of Rick Hasen
Sent: Monday, April 07, 2014 10:32  AM
To: _law-election at uci.edu_ (mailto:law-election at uci.edu) 
Subject: [EL] ELB News and  Commentary 4/7/14

_From the Man Who  Brought You Shelby County, NAMUDNO, and Fisher…_ 
(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60158)  

Posted on _April 7, 2014 7:30  am_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60158)  
by _Rick  Hasen_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3)  

_…comes a new attack _ 
(http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/08/us/politics/edward-blum-one-man-organization-keeps-watchful-eye-on-college-race-admissions-pol
icies-.html?ref=adamliptak&_r=0) on affirmative action at  universities. 

(http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60158&title=From%20the%20Man%20Who%20Brought%20You%20Shelby%20County,%20NAMUDNO,%
20and%20Fisher…&description=) 

Posted in _Voting Rights  Act_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15)  
_“The Only Form Of  Corruption The Supreme Court Cares About Is Almost 
Impossible To  Prosecute”_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60156)  

Posted on _April 7, 2014 7:29  am_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60156)  
by _Rick  Hasen_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3)  

_Ryan Reilly and Paul Blumenthal_ 
(http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/07/supreme-court-corruption_n_5093485.html)  report for HuffPo. 

(http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60156&title=“
The%20Only%20Form%20Of%20Corruption%20The%20Supreme%20Court%20Cares%20About%20Is%20Almost%20Impossible%20To%20Prosecute”&description=) 

Posted in _campaign  finance_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10) , 
_Supreme Court_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29)   
_Breaking: Supreme  Court Denies Cert in Corporate Contributions Case_ 
(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60154)  

Posted on _April 7, 2014 7:26  am_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60154)  
by _Rick  Hasen_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3)  

_This news_ 
(http://bigstory.ap.org/article/high-court-rejects-new-campaign-finance-case)  is not surprising. This case, unlike most of the  other 
campaign finance cases the Court has taken in recent years, comes up  on a 
petition for cert. rather than on direct appeal. (This matters because  a 
decision to deny cert. means nothing, while the summary affirmance of an  appeal 
has precedential value). Plus, it is in line with Roberts’_ faux judicial 
restraint/go slow_ 
(http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2014/04/the_subtle_awfulness_of_the_mccutcheon_v_fec_campaign_finance_decis
ion_the.html)  approach. 

(http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60154&title=Breaking:%20Supreme%20Court%20Denies%20Cert%20in%20Corporate%20Contri
butions%20Case&description=) 

Posted in _campaign  finance_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10) , 
_Supreme Court_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29)   
_Jost on  McCutcheon_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60152)  

Posted on _April 7, 2014 7:23  am_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60152)  
by _Rick  Hasen_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3)  

_Here._ 
(http://jostonjustice.blogspot.com/2014/04/court-opens-door-to-yet-more-money-in.html)  

(http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60152&title=Jost%20on%20McCutcheon&description=) 

Posted in _campaign  finance_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10) , 
_Supreme Court_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29)   
_“We Can Learn  Something About ‘Ingratiation and Access’ from Journalists”
_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60150)  

Posted on _April 7, 2014 7:21  am_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60150)  
by _Rick  Hasen_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3)  

_City Ethics blog._ 
(http://www.cityethics.org/content/we-can-learn-something-about-ingratiation-and-access-journalists)  

(http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60150&title=“We%20Can%20Learn%20Something%20About%20‘Ingratiation%20and%20Access
’%20from%20Journalists”&description=) 

Posted in _campaign finance_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10)   
_“Supreme  Oligarchy”_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60148)  

Posted on _April 7, 2014 7:20  am_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60148)  
by _Rick  Hasen_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3)  

_E.J. Dionne_ 
(http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/ej-dionne-jr-supreme-oligarchy/2014/04/06/823f15ea-bc2e-11e3-9a05-c739f29ccb08_story.html)  on 
McCutcheon. 

(http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60148&title=“Supreme%20Oligarchy”&description=) 

Posted in _campaign  finance_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10) , 
_Supreme Court_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29)   
_“A Novel Proposal  from Heather Gerken: Plus One More, Also from Yale”_ 
(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60146)  

Posted on _April 7, 2014 7:18  am_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60146)  
by _Rick  Hasen_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3)  

_Bauer blogs._ 
(http://www.moresoftmoneyhardlaw.com/2014/04/novel-proposal-heather-gerken-plus-one-also-yale/)  

(http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60146&title=“
A%20Novel%20Proposal%20from%20Heather%20Gerken:%20Plus%20One%20More,%20Also%20from%20Yale”&description=) 

Posted in _campaign finance_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10)   
_“In Politics, Money  is Speech”_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60144)  

Posted on _April 7, 2014 7:10  am_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60144)  
by _Rick  Hasen_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3)  

_Robert Samuelson _ (http://www.washin
gtonpost.com/opinions/robert-j-samuelson-in-politics-money-is-speech/2014/04/04/075df4ec-bc18-11e3-9a05-c739f29ccb
08_story.html?hpid=z5) WaPo column. 

(http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60144&title=“In%20Politics,%20Money%20is%20Speech”&description=) 

Posted in _campaign  finance_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10) , 
_Supreme Court_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29)   
_“Big Money’s Grip  Stronger Than Ever”_ 
(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60142)  

Posted on _April 7, 2014 7:09  am_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60142)  
by _Rick  Hasen_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3)  

_Politico reports_ 
(http://www.politico.com/story/2014/04/mccutcheon-supreme-court-big-money-105328.html?hp=r13) . 

(http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60142&title=“Big%20Money’s%20Grip%20Stronger%20Than%20Ever”&description=) 

Posted in _campaign finance_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10)   
_Dorf on  McCutcheon_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60140)  

Posted on _April 6, 2014 9:11  pm_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60140)  
by _Rick  Hasen_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3)  

_Here_ (http://verdict.justia.com/2014/04/07/just-shy-bribery) , at Justia. 

(http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60140&title=Dorf%20on%20McCutcheon&description=) 

Posted in _campaign  finance_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10) , 
_Supreme Court_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29)   
_“Comptroller to  Forgo Financing by Public”_ 
(http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60138)  

Posted on _April 6, 2014 8:02  pm_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60138)  
by _Rick  Hasen_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3)  

_NYT:_ 
(http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/07/nyregion/comptroller-to-forgo-financing-by-public.html?_r=0)  
Thomas P. DiNapoli, the state comptroller, is the first to admit that  what 
he plans to do is hypocritical. 
But it is true: After decades spent calling for the public financing of  
political campaigns, Mr. DiNapoli, a Democrat, says he will opt out of a  
public financing system that New York lawmakers have just enacted, in time  for 
this fall’s elections. 
Then again, Mr. DiNapoli says the new system is a badly written, sloppy  
piece of legislation that was obviously rushed into effect — “a  Frankenstein 
monster,” he calls it — and he fears that it may actually  have been 
designed to fail, by lawmakers who either do not really believe  in, or do not 
understand, public campaign financing at all.

(http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60138&title=“Comptroller%20to%20Forgo%20Financing%20by%20Public”&description=) 

Posted in _campaign finance_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10)   
_“Floyd Abrams on  the ‘Disturbing Recurring Reality’ of Collective Liberty
”_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60136)  

Posted on _April 6, 2014 7:55  pm_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60136)  
by _Rick  Hasen_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3)  

_Josh Blackman blogs_ 
(http://joshblackman.com/blog/2014/04/06/floyd-abrams-on-the-disturbing-recurring-reality-of-collective-liberty/) . 

(http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60136&title=“Floyd%20Abrams%20on%20the%20‘Disturbing%20Recurring%20Reality’
%20of%20Collective%20Liberty”&description=) 

Posted in _campaign  finance_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10) , 
_Supreme Court_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29)   
_A Little Late Dept:  “Plaintiff in Campaign-Finance Case Supports Some 
Limits”_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60134)  

Posted on _April 6, 2014 12:10  pm_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60134)  
by _Rick  Hasen_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3)  

_WSJ reports._ 
(http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2014/04/06/plaintiff-in-campaign-finance-case-supports-some-limits/?mod=WSJBlog&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm
_medium=twitter)  
Of course, what Shaun McCutcheon thinks about this is totally irrelevant  
at this point. 
I expect next the attack on soft money rules (to the extent new “super  
committees” don’t just lead to full soft money explosion) before full attack  
on the base limits. 

(http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60134&title=A%20Little%20Late%20Dept:%20“
Plaintiff%20in%20Campaign-Finance%20Case%20Supports%20Some%20Limits”&description=) 

Posted in _campaign  finance_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10) , 
_Supreme Court_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29)   
_Two Tiered Voting  Could Come to Kansas This Year if Stay Granted in 
Kobach v. EAC Case_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60132)   

Posted on _April 6, 2014 10:48  am_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60132)  
by _Rick  Hasen_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3)  

_Lots of uncertainty._ 
(http://m.ljworld.com/news/2014/apr/06/editorial-election-uncertainty/?templates=mobile&opinion=)  

(http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http://electionlawblog.org/?p=60132&title=Two%20Tiered%20Voting%20Could%20Come%20to%20Kansas%20This%20Year%20if
%20Stay%20Granted%20in%20Kobach%20v.%20EAC%20Case&description=) 

Posted in _election  administration_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18) , 
_The Voting Wars_ (http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60)   
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