[EL] "How to waste 10 million dollars"

[Jonathan Adler]

I won't speak to the other claims here, but the idea that a referendum in
Chagrin Falls is representative of how voters in Ohio feel is, well, a bit
creative, and not to be taken seriously.

On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 1:40 PM, Tyler Creighton <tyler at rethinkmedia.org>
wrote:

> How do you explain away all of the voters that expressly voted for
> campaign finance reform? To name a few, Arkansas voters
> <http://www.governing.com/topics/elections/gov-arkansas-voters-term-limits-ballot.html>
> pass ban on lobbyists gifts and direct corporate & union contributions to
> candidates. Voters in Tallahassee
> <http://daily.represent.us/anti-corruption-movement-scores-major-victory-polls>
> passed an anti-corruption measure limiting campaign contributions and
> establishing public financing. Voters in Massachusetts, Ohio, Illinois,
> Wisconsin, and Florida
> <https://movetoamend.org/press-release/election-shows-americans-ready-amend-constitution> overwhelmingly
> pass ballot questions calling for a constitutional amendment to overturn
> Citizens United. More on Massachusetts
> <http://www.lowellsun.com/breakingnews/ci_26874800/referendum-corporate-political-spending-passes-mass>
> and Wisconsin <http://scwmta.org/?p=2139> ballot questions.
>
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> On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 1:00 PM, Joe Trotter <jtrotter at campaignfreedom.org>
> wrote:
>
>> Just a heads up, if you are interested in seeing how candidates supported
>> by groups primarily concerned with money in politics this election cycle,
>> Byron Tau and Ken Vogel wrote a great piece, "How to waste 10 million
>> dollars
>> <http://www.politico.com/story/2014/11/2014-elections-mayday-pac-larry-lessig-112617.html>."
>>  Additionally, if you haven't seen it, CCP released an analysis of
>> candidates supported by MayDay PAC, which is available here
>> <http://www.campaignfreedom.org/2014/11/05/mayday-pacs-candidates-sink/>.
>>
>> It is always great to see new people and groups exposing voters to their
>> ideas and always interesting to see how well received those ideas are by
>> the electorate.
>>
>>
>> Joe Trotter
>> Center for Competitive Politics
>> 124 S. West St., Ste. 201
>> Alexandria, VA 22314
>> www.CampaignFreedom.org
>> jtrotter at campaignfreedom.org
>>
>>
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Jonathan H. Adler
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