[EL] Some perspectives on New York City's campaign finance system

[Bill Maurer]

Certainly, the CFB's death sentence on John Liu's campaign was one of the most extreme examples of a regulatory bureaucracy injecting itself into the decision of who would be an elected official in recent history (although some would argue that the IRS is no slouch in that department).  A bureaucracy's decision as to who can effectively compete for an elected office should give pause to even the most ardent supporters of taxpayer financed campaigns.

I've not seen a cop of Liu's complaint, however, so I don't know what remedy he is seeking and I can't imagine what remedy he actually could seek.  He can't be asking for a do-over.  And I have a hard time thinking he can demonstrate actual damages.  Is he just seeking a declaration and nominal damages?  How does one remedy getting effectively bounced from an election that one had no guarantee of winning in the first place?

Bill

From: law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu [mailto:law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu] On Behalf Of Sean Parnell
Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2014 5:45 PM
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Subject: [EL] Some perspectives on New York City's campaign finance system

I was up in New York today and wound up reading an article about New York City's taxpayer financed campaign system that I thought might be of some interest to the list serve: http://media.cityandstateny.com/2/75/campaigns-and-elections/cracks-in-the-cfb.html#.UzIiZfldWqU A big focus of the article on the perception by some that the board running the system is playing favorites or at least being difficult with some candidates.

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Sean Parnell
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