[EL] Money from Corporations

Wed Mar 26 09:10:44 PDT 2014

To give him credit - Khanna is indeed relying solely on contributions from
individual citizens.

Khanna has received campaign contributions from Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer,
Google Chairman Eric Schmidt, Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl
Sandberg and Napster co-founder Sean Parker, among other Silicon Valley
players.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/24/ro-khanna-pledge_n_4658349.html

As he says, "the powerful have plenty of voices in Washington"

On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 11:37 AM, <info at arizonaspolitics.com> wrote:

> I did a little digging on him to see if I could find any indications
> whether he understood the campaign finance laws or not. I found this
> paragraph in an article he wrote back in January giving more details on his
> promises:
>
> Third, ban campaign contributions from special interests. Paid lobbyists
> influence how members vote, and *political action committees give
> millions of dollars to members who vote their way. These special interests*have built a pay-to-play system that rewards the highest bidders. Members
> should answer to their constituents, not PACs and lobbyists. (emphasis
> added) (
> http://www.rokhanna.com/congress_members_should_live_like_the_rest_of_us )
>
> So, maybe he was referring to corporation-specific PACs and just speaking
> shorthand for a 30-second spot; maybe not.  But, you're right, Professor
> Smith: people do have the impression that anything goes these days.  (I
> wonder why?)
>
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> Mitch Martinson
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>
>  -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: [EL] Money from Corporations
> From: "Smith, Brad" <BSmith at law.capital.edu>
> Date: Wed, March 26, 2014 8:15 am
> To: "law-election at UCI.edu" <law-election at uci.edu>
>
>  CA Congressional Candidate Vows He Won't Take Money from Corporations<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59672>
> Posted on March 26, 2014 6:48 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59672> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>  Which he can't do anyway! Watch.<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXdr4ViVUHI>
>
> This is a pretty common misunderstanding these days. Indeed, I regularly
> find that people think that campaign finance laws are far less restrictive
> than they are. I recall some years ago speaking to one of the groups that
> brings high school kids to Washington in the summer, and in the evenings
> they would have debates. One of the debate proposals was over a campaign
> finance proposal the kids had drawn up to regulate money in politics - I
> had to point out to them that their proposal would actually be
> *deregulation.* There is at least some reason to believe that voters who
> are better educated and read the papers are actually *more *likely to
> misunderstand campaign finance law, and to overstate the amounts actually
> spent, than less informed voters and voters who don't follow the news.
> *Of course, there are lots of issues on which voters are ill-informed. But
> it seems unusual where the best informed voters might be most likely to be
> the most misinformed voters*.
>
>  *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 <614.236.6317>*
> *http://law.capital.edu/faculty/bios/bsmith.aspx
> <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:* Wednesday, March 26, 2014 10:23 AM
> *To:* law-election at UCI.edu
> *Subject:* [EL] ELB News and Commentary 3/26/14
>
>   New York Joins National Popular Vote Compact to Circumvent Electoral
> College <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59678>
> Posted on March 26, 2014 7:22 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59678> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>  Capital NY<http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/albany/2014/03/8542603/legislature-approves-national-popular-vote>:
> "With New York's 29 electors, the interstate compact would have 160
> electors, or the 60 percent of the 270 it needs to take effect."
>  [image: Share]<http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D59678&title=New%20York%20Joins%20National%20Popular%20Vote%20Compact%20to%20Circumvent%20Electoral%20College&description=>
>  Posted in electoral college <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=44>
> "Fighting Words: NYC BOE Claims City Council is 'Cash Starving' it in
> Budget" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59676>
> Posted on March 26, 2014 7:19 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59676> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>  A ChapinBlog<http://blog.lib.umn.edu/cspg/electionacademy/2014/03/fighting_words_nyc_boe_claims.php?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+HHHElections+%28The+Election+Aacdemy%29>
> .
>  [image: Share]<http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D59676&title=%E2%80%9CFighting%20Words%3A%20NYC%20BOE%20Claims%20City%20Council%20is%20%E2%80%98Cash%20Starving%E2%80%99%20it%20in%20Budget%E2%80%9D&description=>
>  Posted in election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>
> "Scott Brown is right to avoid the 'People's Pledge' politicians' pact"<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59674>
> Posted on March 26, 2014 6:52 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59674> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>  Eric Wang commentary<http://dailycaller.com/2014/03/25/scott-brown-is-right-to-avoid-the-peoples-pledge-politicians-pact/#ixzz2x1l4Syr5>in the *Daily
> Caller.*
>  [image: Share]<http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D59674&title=%E2%80%9CScott%20Brown%20is%20right%20to%20avoid%20the%20%E2%80%98People%E2%80%99s%20Pledge%E2%80%99%20politicians%E2%80%99%20pact%E2%80%9D&description=>
>  Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>
> CA Congressional Candidate Vows He Won't Take Money from Corporations<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59672>
> Posted on March 26, 2014 6:48 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59672> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>  Which he can't do anyway! Watch.<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXdr4ViVUHI>
>  [image: Share]<http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D59672&title=CA%20Congressional%20Candidate%20Vows%20He%20Won%E2%80%99t%20Take%20Money%20from%20Corporations&description=>
>  Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>,
> campaigns <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>
> "Jean-Pierre Kingsley: Election bill puts right to vote at risk"<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59669>
> Posted on March 25, 2014 8:56 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59669> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>  CBC reports. #CanadianVotingWars<http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/jean-pierre-kingsley-election-bill-puts-right-to-vote-at-risk-1.2585400>
>  [image: Share]<http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D59669&title=%E2%80%9CJean-Pierre%20Kingsley%3A%20Election%20bill%20puts%20right%20to%20vote%20at%20risk%E2%80%9D&description=>
>  Posted in The Voting Wars <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>
> Read the CA Reed Decision on Candidate Controlled Committee Contributions
> to Super PACs <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59666>
> Posted on March 25, 2014 8:51 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59666> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>  Following up on this post <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59644>, thanks
> to a few readers for passing along Chuck Reed v. FPPC.<http://electionlawblog.org/wp-content/uploads/Chuck-Reed-candidate-IE-decision.pdf>
> I hope to have some analysis of this at some point.
>  [image: Share]<http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D59666&title=Read%20the%20CA%20Reed%20Decision%20on%20Candidate%20Controlled%20Committee%20Contributions%20to%20Super%20PACs&description=>
>  Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>
> "Are Koch Brothers Republicans or Just Kochs?"<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59664>
> Posted on March 25, 2014 8:46 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59664> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>  Frank Wilkinson writes
> <http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2014-03-25/are-koch-brothers-republicans-or-just-kochs>for
> Bloomberg View.
>  [image: Share]<http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D59664&title=%E2%80%9CAre%20Koch%20Brothers%20Republicans%20or%20Just%20Kochs%3F%E2%80%9D&description=>
>  Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>
> "Former offender acquitted in Iowa voter fraud case"<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59662>
> Posted on March 25, 2014 8:37 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59662> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>  AP<http://bigstory.ap.org/article/jury-acquits-ex-felon-iowa-voter-fraud-case>
> :
>
> A former drug offender who believed her voting rights had been restored
> when she cast a ballot last year was acquitted of perjury Thursday, a
> public rebuke of Iowa's two-year investigation into voter fraud.
> The 12-member jury took less than 40 minutes to reject the prosecution's
> argument that Kelli Jo Griffin intentionally lied on a voter registration
> form she filled out for a municipal election in the southeastern Iowa town
> of Montrose.
>
>  [image: Share]<http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D59662&title=%E2%80%9CFormer%20offender%20acquitted%20in%20Iowa%20voter%20fraud%20case%E2%80%9D&description=>
>  Posted in felon voting <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=66>
> "Publius Was Not a PAC: Reconciling Anonymous Political Speech, the First
> Amendment, and Campaign Finance Disclosure"<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59660>
> Posted on March 25, 2014 8:32 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59660> by Rick
> Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>  *Wyoming Law Review* article: Publius Was Not a PAC: Reconciling
> Anonymous Political Speech, the First Amendment, and Campaign Finance
> Disclosure<http://www.uwyo.edu/law/_files/docs/WY%20Law%20Review/V14%20N1/barr-klein.pdf>by Benjamin Barr and Stephen R. Klein.
>  [image: Share]<http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D59660&title=%E2%80%9CPublius%20Was%20Not%20a%20PAC%3A%20Reconciling%20Anonymous%20Political%20Speech%2C%20the%20First%20Amendment%2C%20and%20Campaign%20Finance%20Disclosure%E2%80%9D&description=>
>  Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>
> "Law and Politics: What's the Matter with Kansas (and Arizona)?"<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59658>
> Posted on March 25, 2014 10:36 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59658> by
> Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>  Jerry Goldfeder has written this commentary<http://reaction.stroock.com/reaction/RSProcess.asp?RSID=VWhNspef20CCB5_lAc9y3Q&RSTYPE=OPENATTACH>for
> Law.com.
>  [image: Share]<http://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D59658&title=%E2%80%9CLaw%20and%20Politics%3A%20What%E2%80%99s%20the%20Matter%20with%20Kansas%20%28and%20Arizona%29%3F%E2%80%9D&description=>
>  Posted in Elections Clause <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=70>, NVRA
> (motor voter) <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=33>, The Voting Wars<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>
>
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