[EL] ELB News and Commentary 12/10/14, #2

Daniel Tokaji dtokaji at gmail.com
Wed Dec 10 20:51:21 PST 2014 

Thanks to Rick for letting me guest blog over the past week. It's been a
busy one in the world of election law and legislation ... but aren't they
all?  Dan
ELJ 13:4 Now Available Online, with Commentaries on Cain
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69072>
Posted on December 10, 2014 8:40 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69072> by
*Dan Tokaji* <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=5>

The table of contents and links are here
<http://online.liebertpub.com/toc/elj/13/4>.  The issue features a forum on
Bruce Cain’s new book
<http://www.cambridge.org/hn/academic/subjects/law/us-law/democracy-more-or-less-americas-political-reform-quandary>*
Democracy
More or Less: America’s Political Reform Quandry, *with papers from a
conference at Ohio State last year.  The forum is guest co-edited by Ned
Foley and Piers Turner, and includes contributions from Ned, Piers, Michael
Neblo, Paula Baker, Stéphane Lavertu, and me along with a reply from Bruce.
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Election Law and Legislation at the AALS Annual Meeting
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69062>
Posted on December 10, 2014 8:23 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69062> by
*Dan Tokaji* <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=5>

Going to the 2015 AALS Annual Meeting
<https://memberaccess.aals.org/eweb//DynamicPage.aspx?Site=AALS&WebKey=f88f5d5d-8aaa-429e-afbc-674344685776&RegPath=&REg_evt_key=df152893-135a-4786-a79e-16d736c02168>,
January 2-5 in Washington, DC?  Trying to decide whether to go?  It’s a
bumper year for those interested in Election Law and Legislation, with
these panels of interest on the program
<https://www.aals.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/2015brochure.pdf>:

*Saturday, January 3, 2015*

10:30 am – 12:15 pm Legislation & Law of the Political Process,
Co-Sponsored by Section on Administrative Law *Legislation/Regulation and
the Core Curriculum (Papers to be published in Journal of Legal Education)*

   - James J. Brudney, Fordham University School of Law
   - Abbe Gluck, Yale Law School
   - John F. Manning, Harvard Law School
   - Kevin Stack, Vanderbilt University Law School
   - Daniel P. Tokaji, Chris Walker & Dakota Rudesill, The Ohio State
   University, Michael E. Moritz College of Law
   - Speaker from a Call for Papers: Deborah A. Widiss, Indiana University
   Maurer School of Law
   - Moderator: Olatunde C. Johnson, Columbia University School of Law

10:30 am – 12:15 pm Nonprofit and Philanthropy Law, Co-Sponsored by Section
on Taxation *IRS Oversight of Charitable and Other Exempt Organizations –
Broken? Fixable? (Papers to be published in Pittsburgh Tax Review)*

   - Ellen P. Aprill, Loyola Law School
   - James J. Fishman, Pace University School of Law
   - Philip Hackney, Louisiana State University, Paul M. Hebert Law Center
   - Terri L. Helge, Texas A&M University School of Law
   - Donald B. Tobin, University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of
   Law & Daniel P. Tokaji, The Ohio State University, Moritz College of Law
   - Moderator: Mr. Marcus S. Owens, Caplin & Drysdale, Chartered

*Sunday, January 4, 2015*

8:30 am – 10:15 am Civil Rights *Voter Suppression, the 2014 Elections and
Beyond*

   - Kareem U. Crayton, University of North Carolina School of Law
   - Joshua Douglas, University of Kentucky College of Law
   - Irving L. Joyner, North Carolina Central University School of Law
   - Spencer Overton, The George Washington University Law School
   - Daniel P. Tokaji, The Ohio State University, Moritz College of Law
   (subbing for Michael E. Waterstone)
   - Moderator: Gilda Daniels, University of Baltimore School of Law

2:00 pm – 3:45 pm Election Law *The Voting Rights Act at 50 (Papers to be
published in Election Law Journal)*

   - Kareem U. Crayton, University of North Carolina School of Law
   - Christopher S. Elmendorf, University of California at Davis School of
   Law
   - David J. Gartner, Arizona State University Sandra Day O’Connor College
   of Law
   - Pamela S. Karlan, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division
   - Daniel P. Tokaji, The Ohio State University, Moritz College of Law
   - Moderator: Joshua Douglas, University of Kentucky College of Law

4:00 pm – 5:45 pm AALS Hot Topic/Bridge Program – Citizens Invited:
Scholars and Professors in the Campaign Finance Wars *Citizens Invited:
Scholars and Professors in the Campaign Finance Wars (A program selected
from a competitive process by the AALS Committee on Special Programs for
the Annual Meeting) *

   - Joshua Douglas, University of Kentucky College of Law
   - Joseph R. Fishkin, The University of Texas School of Law
   - Lawrence Lessig, Harvard Law School
   - Eugene D. Mazo, Wake Forest University School of Law
   - Spencer Overton, The George Washington University Law School
   - Jamin Ben Raskin, American University, Washington College of Law
   - Bradley A. Smith, West Virginia University College of Law
   - Zephyr Teachout, Fordham University School of Law
   - Franita Tolson, Florida State University College of Law
   - Ciara Torres-Spelliscy, Stetson University College of Law
   - Moderator: Richard Albert, Boston College Law School

*Monday, January 5, 2014*

10:30 am – 12:15 pm Constitutional Law *Perspectives on Federal Power Under
the Reconstruction Amendments (Papers to be published in University of
Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law Online)*

   - William D. Araiza, Brooklyn Law School
   - Allison Orr Larsen, William & Mary Law School
   - Douglas Laycock, University of Virginia School of Law
   - Bertrall Ross, University of California, Berkeley School of Law
   - Moderator: Derek T. Muller, Pepperdine University School of Law

2:00 pm – 3:45 pm Law and Interpretation *Richard Posner and Stanley Fish:
Revisiting Interpretation*

   - Stanley Fish, Florida International University College of Law
   - The Honorable Richard Allen Posner, The University of Chicago, The Law
   School
   - Moderator: Brett Gilbert Scharffs, Brigham Young University, J. Reuben
   Clark Law School

We might as well just take over the whole conference, don’t you think?

Note that the Election Law program is the inaugural one for our new
section, ably chaired by Josh Douglas, so it would be great to have a big
turnout.  Hope to see you there!
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“How An Obscure Writing Contest Could Put An End To Partisan Gerrymandering”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69070>
Posted on December 10, 2014 8:22 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69070> by
*Dan Tokaji* <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=5>

Think Progress
<http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2014/12/10/3601405/an-obscure-writing-contest-could-put-an-end-to-partisan-gerrymandering/>
on
the competition sponsored by Common Cause
<http://www.commoncause.org/issues/voting-and-elections/redistricting/gerrymander-standard-writing-competition.html>.
Submissions are due February 27, 2015.
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“Campaign Finance Provisions Causing ‘Cromnibus’ Heartburn”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69060>
Posted on December 10, 2014 7:02 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69060> by
*Dan Tokaji* <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=5>

Roll Call
<http://blogs.rollcall.com/hill-blotter/campaign-finance-provisions-causing-cromnibus-heartburn/?dcz=>
reports
on opposition to the party funding rider among House Democrats.  Bloomberg
BNA
<http://news.bna.com/mpdm/display/link_res.adp?lt=email&fname=A0G0C4C7R7&lf=eml&emc=mpdm:mpdm:109>
($) says
that Rep. Pelosi wants it out.  NYT reports
<http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/11/us/trillion-dollar-spending-pact-angers-campaign-finance-watchdogs.html>
that Democratic opposition to the bill has hardened due to the relaxation
of campaign finance and Dodd-Frank restrictions.
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“How often do former members of Congress lobby? Not as often as you might
think” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69058>
Posted on December 10, 2014 6:40 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69058> by
*Dan Tokaji* <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=5>

The Fix
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2014/12/10/how-often-do-former-members-of-congress-lobby-not-as-often-as-you-might-think/>
looks
at the data.
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Posted in lobbying <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=28>
Voters in Hobbs, NM Approve Photo ID Law
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69056>
Posted on December 10, 2014 6:32 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69056> by
*Dan Tokaji* <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=5>

AP reports
<http://www.lcsun-news.com/las_cruces-news/ci_27107718/hobbs-residents-approve-voter-id-measure>
.
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Posted in voter id <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=9>
New Mexico Court Allows Recount in Land Commissioner Race to Proceed
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69054>
Posted on December 10, 2014 6:19 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69054> by
*Dan Tokaji* <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=5>

AP reports
<http://www.abqjournal.com/508322/news/new-mexico-court-clears-way-for-recount.html>
that the court “lifted the stay it had imposed after reviewing a petition
filed by incumbent Democrat Ray Powell over concerns his campaign had with
the procedures for the recount” and that the recount will start Thursday.
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Court Denies TRO in Oregon Recount Case
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69052>
Posted on December 10, 2014 6:14 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69052> by
*Dan Tokaji* <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=5>

A state court judge has reportedly denied plaintiffs’ request to stop
certification
<http://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/tech/science/environment/2014/12/09/judge-denies-restraining-order-gmo-labeling-recount/20167339/>
of
results in the case, which seeks the counting of 4600 ballots
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=68936> rejected on the ground that the
voters’ signatures didn’t match their registrations.
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Posted in recounts <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=50>
“Electing the 114th Senate: Votes and Seats”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69050>
Posted on December 10, 2014 5:54 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69050> by
*Dan Tokaji* <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=5>

FairVote Blog
<http://www.fairvoteblog.com/2014/12/with-louisianas-senate-runoff-election.html>
finds
that of the “202.5 million votes to elect the current Senate, spread across
three election cycles in 2010, 2012, and 2014 …. 49% were cast for
Democratic candidates and 46.6% for Republicans.”
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“$1.1 Trillion Spending Pact Angers Campaign Finance Watchdogs”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69048>
Posted on December 10, 2014 4:48 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69048> by
*Dan Tokaji* <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=5>

NYT reports.
<http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/11/us/trillion-dollar-spending-pact-angers-campaign-finance-watchdogs.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=first-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news>
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Cromnibus Party Funding Rider: Very Large Graph
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69045>
Posted on December 10, 2014 12:08 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69045> by
*Dan Tokaji* <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=5>

On The Fix
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2014/12/10/campaign-contribution-limits-are-about-to-go-way-up-heres-what-that-looks-like-in-1-massive-graph/>
.
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House Democrats’ Support for Cromnibus in Question
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69043>
Posted on December 10, 2014 11:44 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69043> by
*Dan Tokaji* <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=5>

Partly due to the loosening of party funding regulations according to
Politico
<http://www.politico.com/story/2014/12/house-gop-budget-deal-113462.html?hp=t1_r>
.
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“Iowa Conservatives Scoff at Plans to Narrow the 2016 Primary Field”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69040>
Posted on December 10, 2014 11:37 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69040> by
*Dan Tokaji* <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=5>

Bloomberg
<http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2014-12-10/iowa-conservatives-scoff-at-plans-to-narrow-the-2016-primary-field>:
“Conservative Republicans in Iowa have a warning for wealthy party
fundraisers who might like to use their clout to slim down the 2016
presidential primary field: It won’t work. Money matters, but it doesn’t
take much of it to be competitive in Iowa, where the nominating race
begins.”
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<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>
“Rare Recount Mistake – Not ‘Phantom Ballots’ – Re-Flips Maine Senate Race”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69037>
Posted on December 10, 2014 11:00 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69037> by
*Dan Tokaji* <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=5>

ChapinBlog
<http://blog.lib.umn.edu/cspg/electionacademy/2014/12/rare_recount_mistake_-_not_pha.php>
.
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“Koch-linked Operative Mum on Mystery Millions”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69034>
Posted on December 10, 2014 10:31 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69034> by
*Dan Tokaji* <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=5>

CPI reports
<http://www.publicintegrity.org/2014/12/10/16401/koch-linked-operative-mum-mystery-millions>:
 “Sean Noble <http://noblethinking.com/about/> — a political consultant who
was chosen by the Koch brothers to quarterback their political efforts
<http://www.propublica.org/article/the-dark-money-man-how-sean-noble-moved-the-kochs-cash-into-politics-and-ma>,
and who signed the Center to Protect Patient Rights’ tax return disclosing
the contribution under penalty of perjury — is refusing to explain where
the missing $1.6 million [supposedly given to the group American
Commitment, which claims it never received the money] went.”
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“Incoming Freshmen in Congress Get Quick Infusion of Corporate Cash”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69032>
Posted on December 10, 2014 10:21 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69032> by
*Dan Tokaji* <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=5>

Bloomberg Politics
<http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2014-12-10/incoming-freshmen-in-congress-get-quick-infusion-of-corporate-cash>:
“No sooner had the 2014 election ended than some of the nation’s biggest
trade organizations and businesses moved to give campaign contributions to
incoming members of Congress through their political action committees….”
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“Reform Groups Urge Members to Vote Against Omnibus Appropriat​ions Bill
With Destructiv​e Campaign Finance Provisions”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69028>
Posted on December 10, 2014 10:10 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69028> by
*Dan Tokaji* <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=5>

The letter to Senators is here
<http://www.democracy21.org/legislative-action/press-releases-legislative-action/reform-groups-urge-congress-to-oppose-omnibus-appropriations-bill-with-destructive-campaign-finance-provisions/>
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Redline of Cromnibus Party Funding Rider
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69026>
Posted on December 10, 2014 9:37 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69026> by
*Dan Tokaji* <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=5>

CCP has posted this version
<http://www.campaignfreedom.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/party-amendments.pdf>
showing changes that the bill would make to existing contribution limits.
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Judge Posner on Free Expression and the First Amendment
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69023>
Posted on December 10, 2014 9:30 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69023> by
*Dan Tokaji* <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=5>

At Concurring Opinions
<http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2014/12/on-free-expression-the-first-amendment-more-questions-for-judge-posner.html>,
the sixth installment of “Posner on Posner,” much of it on campaign
finance. Snippets:

*Question*: Is speech overprotected by our courts and in our culture?

*Posner*: I think so. The most notorious example is expenditures on
political advertising — *Citizens United*
<http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/cert/08-205> and its sequels.

….

*Question*: The Roberts Court has rendered 36 First Amendment free
expression rulings. How would you characterize the First Amendment
jurisprudence of the current Court?

*Posner*: Very nice for fat cats and enemies of abortion.

*Question*: …..[H]ow bad in your view have things become in light of
rulings such as *McCutcheon v. FEC*
<http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=000&invol=12-536>
(2014)?

*Posner*: Very bad.

*Question*: Do you favor some kind of constitutional amendment to remedy
the problems you have identified

*Posner*: [The idea of a constitutional amendment is] a waste of time.
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“Supporters of Campaign Limits Urge Obama Veto of Funding Bill”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69021>
Posted on December 10, 2014 8:37 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69021> by
*Dan Tokaji* <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=5>

Bloomberg BNA <http://www.bna.com/money-politics-report-p6103/> on the
Cromnibus
party funding rider <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=68995>: “The unexpected
addition of a provision to sharply increase campaign contribution limits
for political parties to a must-pass government funding bill is being
blasted by supporters of campaign regulation, as some call on President
Barack Obama to veto the measure because of the rider.”
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On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 11:28 AM, Daniel Tokaji <dtokaji at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> Cromnibus Party Contribution Rider Roundup
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69002>
> Posted on December 10, 2014 8:10 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69002> by
> *Dan Tokaji* <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=5>
>
> Analyses from Politico
> <http://www.politico.com/story/2014/12/budget-rider-would-expand-party-cash-113459.html?hp=rc3_4>,
> WaPo
> <http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2014/12/10/fundraising-expansion-slipped-into-spending-deal-could-power-financial-bonzana-for-parties/>,
> HuffPost
> <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/12/10/cromnibus-campaign-finance_n_6298984.html>
> ,The Hill
> <http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/226583-spending-bill-increases-limits-on-campaign-funds>,
> and Business Insider
> <http://www.businessinsider.com/r-us-spending-bill-would-expand-allowed-donations-to-political-parties-2014-12>
> of the rider <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=68995> that was added
> yesterday.  Politico calculates
> <http://www.politico.com/story/2014/12/budget-rider-would-expand-party-cash-113459.html?hp=c2_3>
> that the provision “would dramatically increase the amount of money a
> single rich donor could give to national party committees each year — from
> $97,200 to as much as $777,600.” That’s higher than previous calculations
> <http://www.politico.com/story/2014/12/budget-rider-would-expand-party-cash-113459.html?hp=c2_3>
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>  Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>  legislation
> and legislatures <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=27>
> Utah Republican Party’s Federal Lawsuit against Utah’s Republican Governor
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69011>
> Posted on December 10, 2014 7:57 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69011> by
> *Dan Tokaji* <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=5>
>
> The complaint
> <http://electionlawblog.org/wp-content/uploads/UTGOP-Complaint-Filed.pdf> in
> *Utah Republican Party v. Herbert *alleges that SB 54, which changed the
> process for nominating candidates — ostensibly to “open” the electoral
> system — violates the party’s associational rights.   In addition to its
> constitutional claim, the party alleges that the law infringes its
> trademark. Richard Davis has this analysis
> <http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865617360/SB54-opposing-Republicans-wrong-to-oppose-open-electoral-system.html> of
> the intra-party fight. Governor Herbert has walked back
> <http://www.sltrib.com/news/1924435-155/gov-reconsiders-says-count-my-vote>
> a spokesman’s statement that seemed to cast doubt on the statute’s
> constitutionality.
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> Posted in political parties <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=25>
> “DSCC Left with $20.4M in Post-Election Debt”
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69008>
> Posted on December 10, 2014 7:15 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69008> by
> *Dan Tokaji* <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=5>
>
>
> <http://www.politico.com/story/2014/12/dscc-debt-2014-elections-113453.html?hp=b2_c1>Politico
> reports
> <http://www.politico.com/story/2014/12/dscc-debt-2014-elections-113453.html?hp=b2_c1>
> .
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> Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>
> CCP Responds to Bright Lines Project on Nonprofit Political Activity
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69006>
> Posted on December 10, 2014 7:12 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69006> by
> *Dan Tokaji* <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=5>
>
> Eric Wang of the Center for Competitive Politics has submitted these
> comments <http://www.campaignfreedom.org/2014/12/10/bright-lines/> to the
> IRS on the regulation of political activities by tax-exempt organizations.
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> Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>
> “Outside Groups Set Spending Record in Midterms”
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69004>
> Posted on December 10, 2014 6:58 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=69004> by
> *Dan Tokaji* <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=5>
>
> The Upshot
> <http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/11/upshot/outside-groups-set-spending-record-in-midterms-.html?rref=upshot&abt=0002&abg=1>
> .
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> Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>
> Livestreamed Panel with Ohio SOS Husted, Today at 10:00 am ET
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=68999>
> Posted on December 10, 2014 6:48 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=68999> by
> *Dan Tokaji* <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=5>
>
> The Bipartisan Policy Center event, entitled “Making Ohio’s Electoral
> System a National Model,” will take place here at Ohio State from 10-12 ET. Click
> here
> <http://bipartisanpolicy.org/events/making-ohios-electoral-system-a-national-model/?_cldee=Z2Jhc3NAYmF1bWFuZm91bmRhdGlvbi5vcmc%3d>
> to watch.  Secretary of State Jon Husted is the featured speaker, joined by
> Herb Asher, Ned Foley, John Fortier, and Mark Wagoner, Jr. with Karen
> Kasler moderating.  Among the topics to be discussed is redistricting, a
> subject on which there has been significant
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=68822> recent
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=68873> activity
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=68972> here in Ohio.
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> Posted in election law biz <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=51>,
> redistricting <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=6>
> Language of the Cromnibus Party Funding Rider
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=68995>
> Posted on December 10, 2014 6:27 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=68995> by
> *Dan Tokaji* <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=5>
>
> Here’s the text of the provision unveiled late yesterday
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=68988> (h/t Ray LaRaja), amending 52
> U.S.C. 30116
> <http://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title52-section30116&num=0&edition=prelim>
> to raise limits on contributions to parties for conventions, headquarters,
> and recounts.
> *SEC. 101. **SEPARATE CONTRIBUTION LIMITS FOR CONTRIBUTIONS MADE TO
> NATIONAL PARTIES TO SUPPORT PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATING CONVENTIONS, NATIONAL
> PARTY HEADQUARTERS BUILDINGS, AND RECOUNTS**.*
> (a) Separate Limits.—Section 315(a) of the Federal Election Campaign Act
> of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30116(a)) is amended—
>
> (1) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking the semicolon at the end and
> inserting the following: “, or, in the case of contributions made to any of
> the accounts described in paragraph (9), exceed 300 percent of the amount
> otherwise applicable under this subparagraph with respect to such calendar
> year;”;
>
> (2) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking the semicolon at the end and
> inserting the following: “, or, in the case of contributions made to any of
> the accounts described in paragraph (9), exceed 300 percent of the amount
> otherwise applicable under this subparagraph with respect to such calendar
> year;”; and
>
> (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
> “(9) An account described in this paragraph is any of the following
> accounts:
>
> “(A) A separate, segregated account of a national committee of a political
> party (other than a national congressional campaign committee of a
> political party) which is used solely to defray expenses incurred with
> respect to a presidential nominating convention (including the payment of
> deposits) or to repay loans the proceeds of which were used to defray such
> expenses, or otherwise to restore funds used to defray such expenses,
> except that the aggregate amount of expenditures the national committee of
> a political party may make from such account may not exceed $20,000,000
> with respect to any single convention.
>
> “(B) A separate, segregated account of a national committee of a political
> party (including a national congressional campaign committee of a political
> party) which is used solely to defray expenses incurred with respect to the
> construction, purchase, renovation, operation, and furnishing of one or
> more headquarters buildings of the party or to repay loans the proceeds of
> which were used to defray such expenses, or otherwise to restore funds used
> to defray such expenses (including expenses for obligations incurred during
> the 2-year period which ends on the date of the enactment of this
> paragraph).
>
> “(C) A separate, segregated account of a national committee of a political
> party (including a national congressional campaign committee of a political
> party) which is used to defray expenses incurred with respect to the
> preparation for and the conduct of election recounts and contests and other
> legal proceedings.”.
> (b) Conforming Amendment Relating To Determination Of Coordinated
> Expenditure Limitations.—Section 315(d) of such Act (52 U.S.C. 30116(d)) is
> amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
> “(5) The limitations contained in paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) of this
> subsection shall not apply to expenditures made from any of the accounts
> described in subsection (a)(9).”.
> (c) Effective Date.—The amendments made by this section shall apply with
> respect to funds that are solicited, received, transferred, or spent on or
> after the date of the enactment of this section.
>
>
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> Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, legislation
> and legislatures <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=27>
> Recount in Arizona CD 2 <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=68992>
> Posted on December 9, 2014 8:25 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=68992> by
> *Dan Tokaji* <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=5>
>
> Approximately 187,000 ballots are being recounted, according to this
> report
> <https://www.azpm.org/p/frontpage-electionnews/2014/12/8/51587-barber-mcsally-recount-continues-this-week/>,
> in a race where Democratic incumbent Ron Barber trailed Republican Martha
> McSally by 161 votes before the recount. The Arizona Republic provides some
> historical perspective here
> <http://www.azcentral.com/story/azdc/2014/12/07/barber-mcsally-recount-arizona-election-hunt-campbell/19746273/>,
> comparing it to other close races in the state going back almost a century.
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> Posted in recounts <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=50>
> “In Spending Bill, A Gift For Political Party Fundraising”
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=68988>
> Posted on December 9, 2014 7:45 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=68988> by
> *Dan Tokaji* <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=5>
>
> Peter Overby reports
> <http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2014/12/09/369683617/in-spending-bill-a-gift-for-political-party-fundraising>:
> “Capitol Hill lawmakers agreed Tuesday afternoon on a small provision to be
> added to the omnibus spending bill, allowing the two party committees to
> raise money for their presidential nominating conventions. The limit per
> donor would be $97,200 a year, on top of each party committee’s existing
> limit <http://www.fec.gov/pages/brochures/contriblimits.shtml> of $32,400
> per year.”  Matea Gold has this post
> <http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2014/12/09/spending-deal-would-allow-wealthy-donors-to-dramatically-increase-giving-to-national-parties/>
> at WaPo, reporting that “a donor who gave the maximum $32,400 this year to
> the Democratic National Committee or Republican National Committee would be
> able to donate another $291,600 on top of that to the party’s additional
> arms — a total of $324,000, ten times the current limit.” Democracy 21 has
> issued a blistering statement
> <http://www.democracy21.org/money-in-politics/press-releases-money-in-politics/breaking-omnibus-bill-returns-huge-corrupting-contributions-to-national-parties/>
> from Fred Wertheimer branding this a “Faustian bargain” and claiming that
> it “makes the Great Train Robbery look like a petty misdemeanor.”
>
> *Update*:  Democracy 21 has issued a clarification
> <http://www.democracy21.org/money-in-politics/press-releases-money-in-politics/breaking-omnibus-bill-returns-huge-corrupting-contributions-to-national-parties/>
> upping its calculation of the total amount that could be given to parties.
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> Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, political
> parties <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=25>
> “Decline in Number of Registered Lobbyists May Be Leveling Off, Latest
> Numbers Show” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=68984>
> Posted on December 9, 2014 6:48 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=68984> by
> *Dan Tokaji* <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=5>
>
> From COGEL, BNA Bloomberg
> <http://news.bna.com/mpdm/display/link_res.adp?lt=email&fname=A0G0B5J1G6&lf=eml&emc=mpdm:mpdm:109>
> reports that the number of registered federal lobbyists appears to be
> holding steady at around 12,500, down from a peak of 15,000 in 2007.
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> Posted in lobbying <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=28>
> “Recount Requested in Chula Vista Council Race”
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=68981>
> Posted on December 9, 2014 12:59 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=68981> by
> *Dan Tokaji* <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=5>
>
> San Diego U-T reports
> <http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2014/dec/08/recount-requested-in-chula-vista-council-race/> on
> the contest, in which two votes separate the candidates.
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> Posted in recounts <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=50>
> Texas Appeals Court Rejects King Street Patriots’ Motion for Rehearing,
> Issues Substituted Opinion <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=68979>
> Posted on December 9, 2014 11:09 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=68979> by
> *Dan Tokaji* <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=5>
>
> The new opinion
> <http://www.search.txcourts.gov/SearchMedia.aspx?MediaVersionID=3e4eeb50-429c-400e-990c-4890b533dda9&coa=coa03&DT=Opinion&MediaID=a8498a91-3eae-4ab7-abe2-ec9df9a8fbd1>,
> like the one issued in October <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=66506>,
> sides with the Texas Democratic Party in rejecting constitutional
> challenges to state campaign finance laws, including corporate contribution
> restrictions.
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> Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>
> --
> Daniel Tokaji
> Charles W. Ebersold & Florence Whitcomb Ebersold Professor of
> Constitutional Law
> The Ohio State University | Moritz College of Law
> 614.292.6566 | @Title52law <https://twitter.com/Title52law>
>



-- 
Daniel Tokaji
Charles W. Ebersold & Florence Whitcomb Ebersold Professor of
Constitutional Law
The Ohio State University | Moritz College of Law
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