[EL] ELB News and Commentary 5/23/14

Thu May 22 21:41:19 PDT 2014

    "Obama reemerges as fundraiser in chief"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=61729>

Posted on May 22, 2014 9:39 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=61729>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

WaPo reports. 
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/obama-re-emerging-as-fundraiser-in-chief/2014/05/22/38ec8708-e157-11e3-8dcc-d6b7fede081a_story.html>

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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>

    "Out-of-state ad roils Texas attorney general race"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=61727>

Posted on May 22, 2014 9:37 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=61727>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Austin American-Stateman 
<http://www.mystatesman.com/news/news/out-of-state-ad-roils-texas-attorney-general-race/nf5s3/>:

    A Virginia nonprofit has poured more than a half-million dollars
    into a new TV ad that sharply criticizes Texas attorney general
    candidate Ken Paxton for taking "kickbacks" that led to a recent
    reprimand from Texas securities regulators....

    "He seemed like a good fit for what we are trying to do," Backer
    said of Paxton. "He's a legislator with, and I'm going to be
    charitable here, with some challenges when it comes to government
    ethics."

    Backer declined to reveal the donors who financed the ad, which
    began airing Tuesday, saying federal election law does not require
    such disclosure for legislative issue ads that do not support or
    oppose a candidate.

    "We are exercising our constitutional privilege to engage in
    protected speech," he said.

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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>

    "Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick signs early voting into law"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=61725>

Posted on May 22, 2014 9:34 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=61725>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Read 
<http://www.masslive.com/politics/index.ssf/2014/05/massachusetts_gov_deval_patric_32.html>.

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Posted in election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>, 
voting <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=31>

    Citizens United Files Complaint Against NY Disclosure Law
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=61723>

Posted on May 22, 2014 9:33 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=61723>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Read the complaint. 
<http://www.scribd.com/doc/225736854/Citizens-United-v-Schneiderman-complaint>

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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>

    "Arkansas voter ID law causes chaos and confusion"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=61721>

Posted on May 22, 2014 9:24 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=61721>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Zach Roth reports 
<http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/arkansas-voter-id-law-causes-chaos>.

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Posted in election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>, 
voter id <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=9>

    "EXCLUSIVE: We name the political donors whose firms got $14bn of
    pension cash from New Jersey" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=61719>

Posted on May 22, 2014 9:22 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=61719>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

David Sirota writes 
<http://pando.com/2014/05/22/exclusive-we-name-the-political-donors-whose-firms-got-14bn-of-pension-cash-from-new-jersey/>.

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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, 
campaigns <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>

    "Growing Wide and Deep: Two Strategies to Expand the Field of
    Election Administration" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=61717>

Posted on May 22, 2014 9:21 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=61717>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Doug Chapin leads off this week's Electionline Weekly 
<http://www.electionline.org/index.php/electionline-weekly>.

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Posted in election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>

    "I.R.S. Delays New Rules on Taxation for Activists"
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=61715>

Posted on May 22, 2014 9:08 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=61715>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

NYT 
<http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/23/us/politics/irs-delays-new-rules-on-taxation-for-activists.html?hp&_r=0>:

    The Internal Revenue Service said Thursday that it has delayed and
    is revamping new rules intended to curb political activity by
    tax-exempt groups and that were proposed after the agency was
    accused last year of targeting Tea Party groups.

    The I.R.S. said it made the decision after receiving 150,000
    comments --- both positive and negative --- about the proposal, the
    biggest public response to any proposed rule in its history. The
    decision postpones public hearings originally expected for this summer.

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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, tax law 
and election law <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=22>

    Bauer on SCOTUS, Campaign Finance, George Will, and Norm Ornstein
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=61713>

Posted on May 22, 2014 7:28 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=61713>by 
Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Here. 
<http://www.moresoftmoneyhardlaw.com/2014/05/politicians-making-review-campaign-finance-regulation/>

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Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, Supreme 
Court <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>

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