[EL] Comptroller decision
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Mon Apr 7 13:26:57 PDT 2014
Of course, this is one of the problems with this. The government will
design the program as they see fit with their agenda in mind. If you don't
like it, you are screwed. Jim Bopp
In a message dated 4/7/2014 11:58:31 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
schmitt.mark at gmail.com writes:
Please note that all of diNapoli's reasons for opting out of the "program"
are the same reasons that advocates of public financing gave for strongly
opposing the last-minute gimmick that Cuomo and the legislature invented.
If you're skeptical of this "program," Sean, so am I and so is everyone else
who supports small-donor empowerment programs.
>From the Fair Elections NY statement:
"We had hoped that Governor Cuomo would seize an historic opportunity to
pass public financing of elections in this state budget for all state and
legislative races. He told us that he was pressing for consensus on a system
of public financing that would end pay-to-play politics in New York.
Instead, the final budget includes a “pilot” program that would apply
only to the State Comptroller’s office and would need to be implemented in
just two months, mid-election cycle.
This proposal isn’t a compromise. It’s a capitulation to the
deep-pocketed interests that have so much sway at the Capitol and an affirmation of the
corrupt status quo that prevails in Cuomo’s Albany.
The Governor didn’t simply fail to act. He was dismissive of the Fair
Elections for New York coalition’s efforts throughout the budget process and
stood in the way of achieving reform at critical moments in budget
negotiations.
At the same time, Cuomo disbanded the Moreland Commission, whose top
recommendation for fixing Albany’s broken campaign finance system was to enact
public financing of elections for all statewide and legislative races. The
commission was supposed to be a catalyst for reform — instead Cuomo ignored
its proposals and ensured its investigations into public corruption would
cease."
Mark Schmitt
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On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 11:28 AM, Rick Hasen <_rhasen at law.uci.edu_
(mailto:rhasen at law.uci.edu) > wrote:
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
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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%20Supr
eme%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_deci
sion_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.washingtonpost.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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