[EL] buying candidates?
Rick Hasen
rhasen at law.uci.edu
Fri Oct 31 11:30:01 PDT 2014
I have changed this subject heading to something more descriptive.
On 10/31/14, 11:25 AM, Benjamin Barr wrote:
> Brad's on to something here.
>
> There's an awful example of this going on in Texas right now (and
> something I'm working on with the Wyoming Liberty Group folks). The
> case is Cary v. Texas and is in the Fifth District appellate court.
> It involves a crew of people who improperly funded a judicial
> campaign. But instead of having the state slap them with violations
> of its Election Code and Judicial Campaign Fairness Act, they're going
> after one of the funders under criminal bribery, "organized crime,"
> and Texas' favorite money laundering laws to pursue 14 years of jail
> for him.
>
> Prosecutors there believe you can sidestep the state's campaign
> finance laws because the giving of money to "run for office" and
> "continue to run for office" constitutes bribery and organized
> criminal activity in their eyes. It's worth pausing to read that
> again. Make one mistake in how you decide to fund a candidate for
> office and you're not dealing with campaign finance violations (pesky
> in and of themselves); you're facing 14 years in the slammer.
>
> There's a careful sort of delineation, constitutionally mandated, in
> nearly every state's bundle of anti-corruption laws. Bribery and
> criminal offenses are the proverbial jackhammers here. They prevent
> immediate /quid pro quo/ arrangements and include pesky things like
> heightened evidentiary standards and burdens of proof that some
> prosecutors don't like very much. Campaign finance laws, aimed at
> preventing future /quid pro quo/ arrangements and serving limited
> informational interests, regulate with much more precision and more
> lightly given the important First Amendment interests at stake.
>
> It's time to get over the notion that Americans coming together to
> support policies and politicians they prefer are engaged in criminal
> activity. Its destroying real people who get caught up in this nonsense.
>
> Forward,
>
> Benjamin Barr
>
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, Oct 31, 2014 at 11:26 AM, Smith, Brad <BSmith at law.capital.edu
> <mailto:BSmith at law.capital.edu>> wrote:
>
> So Democrat Jones announces he is running for Senate, and states
> plainly, "I don't agree with most of my party on campaign finance
> reform. I oppose amending the constitution, and I oppose the
> DISCLOSE Act." Larry Lessig says, "This will hurt Jones in getting
> the Democratic nomination. Mayday PAC will support Jones' opponent."
>
> That's "buy[ing] the candidate's policy decisions"?
>
> Isn't that more accurately called "opposing a candidate you
> disagree with"?
>
> "Right to Life will oppose candidates who support abortion rights.
> Support for abortion rights will hurt a candidate in Republican
> primaries." That's bribery?
>
> /Bradley A. Smith/
>
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>
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> *From:* Tyler Creighton [tyler at rethinkmedia.org
> <mailto:tyler at rethinkmedia.org>]
> *Sent:* Friday, October 31, 2014 11:03 AM
> *To:* Svoboda, Brian (Perkins Coie)
> *Cc:* Smith, Brad; law-election at UCI.edu
>
> *Subject:* Re: [EL] more news 10/30/14
>
> To acquire candidate Smith's silence or opposition to the carbon
> tax by paying for ads supporting candidate Smith or by promising
> to pay for ads attacking him.
>
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> On Fri, Oct 31, 2014 at 10:06 AM, Svoboda, Brian (Perkins Coie)
> <BSvoboda at perkinscoie.com <mailto:BSvoboda at perkinscoie.com>> wrote:
>
> The universal unconscious scores again, because this
> discussion comes while I am reading Dan Lowenstein's "When Is
> a Campaign Contribution a Bribe?", republished in Heffernan
> and Kleinig's Private and Public Corruption. It seems to me
> that Professor Lowenstein's five hypotheticals would provide a
> useful framework for this debate. Perhaps the listserv's
> monthly robo email could include a hyperlink to Professor
> Lowenstein's article, which never seems to go out of season.
>
> =B.
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> *From:*law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu
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> [mailto:law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu
> <mailto:law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu>] *On
> Behalf Of *Smith, Brad
> *Sent:* Friday, October 31, 2014 9:46 AM
> *To:* Tyler Creighton
> *Cc:* law-election at UCI.edu
>
>
> *Subject:* Re: [EL] more news 10/30/14
>
> You have a curious interpretation of "buy."
>
> You seem to be exactly the kind of person I was referring to.
>
> /Bradley A. Smith/
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> *From:*Tyler Creighton [tyler at rethinkmedia.org
> <mailto:tyler at rethinkmedia.org>]
> *Sent:* Friday, October 31, 2014 7:28 AM
> *To:* Smith, Brad
> *Cc:* Reuben, Richard C.; Rick Hasen; law-election at UCI.edu
> <mailto:law-election at UCI.edu>
> *Subject:* Re: [EL] more news 10/30/14
>
> The President of AFP seems to confirm that big spending for a
> candidate (or the threat of big spending against a candidate)
> is in fact to buy the candidate's policy decisions.
>
> In NYT today
> <http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/31/us/why-republicans-keep-telling-everyone-theyre-not-scientists.html?ref=todayspaper%20>:
>
> Tim Phillips, president of Americans for Prosperity, said
> his group intends to aggressively work against Republicans
> who support a carbon tax or regulations in the 2016
> presidential primary campaigns. "They would be at a severe
> disadvantage in the Republican nomination process," Mr.
> Phillips said. "We would absolutely make that a crucial
> issue."
>
>
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> On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 5:51 PM, Smith, Brad
> <BSmith at law.capital.edu <mailto:BSmith at law.capital.edu>> wrote:
>
> This actually strikes me as pretty tame compared to what I've
> seen, so maybe the future is now.
>
> But it is a shame that over the years so many have labored so
> hard to convince Americans that if someone contributes to an
> officeholder's campaign, it is proof that the officeholder is
> bought and that the officeholder's decisions are not based on
> the merits, the officeholder's ideology, or the perceived
> desires of constituents, but simply the wishes of donors.
>
> /Bradley A. Smith/
>
> /Josiah H. Blackmore II/Shirley M. Nault/
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> /Professor of Law/
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> /Capital University Law School/
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> /303 E. Broad St./
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> /Columbus, OH 43215/
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> /614.236.6317 <tel:614.236.6317>/
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> /http://law.capital.edu/faculty/bios/bsmith.aspx/
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> *From:*law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu
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> [law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu
> <mailto:law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu>] on
> behalf of Reuben, Richard C. [ReubenR at missouri.edu
> <mailto:ReubenR at missouri.edu>]
> *Sent:* Thursday, October 30, 2014 4:31 PM
> *To:* 'Rick Hasen'; 'law-election at UCI.edu'
> *Subject:* Re: [EL] more news 10/30/14
>
> Apologies if this
> <http://www.iagreetosee.com/portfolio/republicans-spending-oust-groovy-judge-pat-joyce/?utm_expid=75724171-4.BszejjW6RMeHyvjzhd7TGw.0&utm_referrer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Furl%3Fsa%3Dt%26rct%3Dj%26q%3D%26esrc%3Ds%26source%3Dweb%26cd%3D2%26ved%3D0CCcQFjAB%26url%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.iagreetosee.com%252Fportfolio%252Frepublicans-spending-oust-groovy-judge-pat-joyce%252F%26ei%3DRZ9SVJq3JtX_yQSUw4DgBQ%26usg%3DAFQjCNF-VgTyYb_g2mLuoL36cxqDZUb2Pw%26sig2%3DQLsHDOuK-t-67ruAQca8wA%26bvm%3Dbv.78597519%2Cd.aWw?&version=a>
> has already been posted, but I thought you might like to see
> the future of judicial campaigns, as played out today in a
> judicial election in Cole County, Mo. This one is obviously
> very ugly, and there is still time yet before the election.
>
> *From:*law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu
> <mailto:law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu>
> [mailto:law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu
> <mailto:law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu>] *On
> Behalf Of *Rick Hasen
> *Sent:* Thursday, October 30, 2014 2:57 PM
> *To:* law-election at UCI.edu <mailto:law-election at UCI.edu>
> *Subject:* [EL] more news 10/30/14
>
>
> "Messing With Texas Again: Putting It Back Under Federal
> Supervision" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67669>
>
> Posted on October 30, 2014 12:40 pm
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67669> by *Rick Hasen*
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> I have written this piece
> <http://talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/messing-with-texas-voter-id>for
> TPM Cafe. It begins:
>
> /Readers of the entire 147-page opinion
> <http://electionlawblog.org/wp-content/uploads/20141009-TXID-Opinion.pdf> issued
> earlier this month by a federal district court striking
> down Texas's strict voter identification law as
> unconstitutional and a violation of the Voting Rights Act
> might have been too exhausted to realize that the
> opinion's very last sentence may be its most important.
> The court ended its opinion with a dry statement promising
> a future hearing on "plaintiffs' request for relief under
> Section 3(c) of the Voting Rights Act." That hearing,
> however, has the potential to require Texas to get federal
> approval for any future voting changes for up to the next
> decade, and to make it much more difficult for the state
> to pass more restrictive voting rules. It may be much more
> important than the ruling on the voter ID law itself./
>
> Share
> <https://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D67669&title=%E2%80%9CMessing%20With%20Texas%20Again%3A%20Putting%20It%20Back%20Under%20Federal%20Supervision%E2%80%9D&description=>
>
> Posted in election administration
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>, The Voting Wars
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>, voter id
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=9>, Voting Rights Act
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15>
>
>
> "McDonnell team sought mistrial over juror's ouster,
> expressed concern about alternate"
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67667>
>
> Posted on October 30, 2014 12:30 pm
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67667> by *Rick Hasen*
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> WaPo reports.
> <http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/mcdonnell-team-sought-mistrial-over-jurors-ouster-expressed-concern-about-alternate/2014/10/30/d3f3d1c2-6053-11e4-8b9e-2ccdac31a031_story.html>
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>
> Posted in bribery <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=54>
>
>
> "Ginsburg Was Right: Texas' Extreme Voter ID Law Is
> Stopping People From Voting"
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67665>
>
> Posted on October 30, 2014 12:24 pm
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67665> by *Rick Hasen*
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> HuffPo reports.
> <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/30/texas-voter-id_n_6076536.html?utm_hp_ref=tw>
>
> Share
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>
> Posted in election administration
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>, The Voting Wars
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>, voter id
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=9>, Voting Rights Act
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15>
>
>
> "50,000 Missing Georgia Voter-Registration Applications?
> Nothing to See Here" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67663>
>
> Posted on October 30, 2014 12:20 pm
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67663> by *Rick Hasen*
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> The /Daily Beast/ reports.
> <http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/10/30/50-000-missing-georgia-voter-registration-applications-nothing-to-see-here.html?via=desktop&source=twitter>
>
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>
> Posted in election administration
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>, The Voting Wars
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>, voter registration
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=37>
>
>
> "Argument preview: Racial gerrymandering, partisan
> politics, and the future of the Voting Rights Act"
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67661>
>
> Posted on October 30, 2014 12:07 pm
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67661> by *Rick Hasen*
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> I have written an extensive preview for SCOTUSBlog
> <http://www.scotusblog.com/2014/10/argument-preview-racial-gerrymandering-partisan-politics-and-the-future-of-the-voting-rights-act/> of
> a pair of cases the Supreme Court will hear at a November 12
> oral argument. The issues are complex but very important and
> I've tried to lay it out so that someone not in the election
> law field can understand what's at stake. The preview begins:
>
> /The Supreme Court has long ignored Justice Felix
> Frankfurter's warning to stay out of the political
> thicket. It regularly hears challenges
> <http://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/perry-v-perez/> to
> redistricting cases
> <http://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/arizona-state-legislature-v-arizona-independent-redistricting-commission/?wpmp_switcher=desktop> (not
> to mention lots
> <http://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/mccutcheon-v-federal-election-commission/> of
> other types
> <http://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/crawford-v-marion-county-election-bd/> of
> election
> <http://sblog.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Roberts-order-Lux-9-30-101.pdf>
> cases
> <http://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/susan-b-anthony-list-v-driehaus/>),
> raising issues from the one-person, one-vote
> <http://electionlawblog.org/archives/001449.html> rule to
> vote dilution
> <http://www.scotusblog.com/2006/06/comments-on-lulac-v-perry/> under
> the Voting Rights Act, to racial
> <http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1992/1992_92_357> and
> partisan
> <http://www.scotusblog.com/2006/06/texas-redistricting-counting-the-votes/> gerrymandering
> claims. The Court's decision to hear a part of a challenge
> to Alabama's state legislative redistricting plan enacted
> after the 2010 census (in /Alabama Legislative Black
> Caucus v. Alabama/
> <http://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/alabama-legislative-black-caucus-v-alabama/> and
> /Alabama Democratic Conference v. Alabama/
> <http://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/alabama-democratic-conference-v-alabama/>,
> set for argument on November 12) brings all of these
> issues together in a seemingly technical but high-stakes
> case, showing the artificiality of separating issues of
> race and party in redistricting, offering a bold role
> reversal in political parties' use of racial
> gerrymandering claims, and offering a surprising new
> threat to the constitutionality of the Voting Rights Act./
>
> Share
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> Posted in Uncategorized <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=1>
>
>
> "State election officials opt to delay election in Bobby
> Harrell's old House seat"
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67659>
>
> Posted on October 30, 2014 10:06 am
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67659> by *Rick Hasen*
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> Following up on this post
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67649>, the South Carolina
> state election board is delaying the election
> <http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20141030/PC1603/141039960?fb_comment_id=fbc_521814574587702_521834871252339_521834871252339#f35ae82f9c> and
> Democrats intend to appeal to the state Supreme Court.
>
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>
> Posted in election administration
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>
>
>
> "In Michigan, Spending Big Money to Stop Big Money"
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67657>
>
> Posted on October 30, 2014 9:45 am
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67657> by *Rick Hasen*
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> NYT First Draft
> <http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2014/10/30/?entry=3977&_php=true&_type=blogs&smid=tw-share>:
> "Now, with Election Day nearing, Mayday is pinning its hopes
> on Michigan's Sixth Congressional District, where
> Representative Fred Upton, a Republican who is the chairman of
> the influential Energy and Commerce Committee and was once
> deemed a safe incumbent, is facing an unexpectedly strong
> challenge from Paul Clements, a Democrat. In a race that was
> on no one's radar a month ago, Mayday is now the biggest
> outside spender."
>
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> Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>
>
>
> "Horse. Stable Door. Too Late"
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67655>
>
> Posted on October 30, 2014 9:24 am
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67655> by *Rick Hasen*
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> Paul Gronke
> <http://blogs.reed.edu/earlyvoting/commentary/non-citizen-voting-and-why-political-scientists-who-are-publicly-engaged-may-need-an-editor/> on
> the non-citizen voting controversy and Jesse Richman's most
> recent comments on it which try to pull back from some of its
> bolder claims.
>
> Share
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>
> Posted in election administration
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>, The Voting Wars
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>
>
>
> "CFI Releases Analysis of Money in State Elections"
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67653>
>
> Posted on October 30, 2014 9:07 am
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67653> by *Rick Hasen*
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> New release
> <http://cfinst.org/Press/PReleases/14-10-30/CFI_Releases_Analysis_of_Money_in_State_Elections.aspx>,
> with these subheads:
>
> /Nearly Two-Thirds of the Candidates' 2012 Money in the
> Median State Came from PACs or from $1,000+ Donors; Small
> Donors Gave 16%/
>
> /Less than 1% of Adults in the Median State Gave any Money
> at All to a Candidate for State Office/
>
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>
> Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>
>
>
> Lava! <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67651>
>
> Posted on October 30, 2014 9:05 am
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67651> by *Rick Hasen*
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> and other things that can mess up an election administrator's
> election day, via Electionline Weekly.
> <http://www.electionline.org/index.php/electionline-weekly>
>
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> Posted in election administration
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>
>
>
> Fight in South Carolina Over Replacing Resigning House
> Speaker on Ballot <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67649>
>
> Posted on October 30, 2014 7:21 am
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67649> by *Rick Hasen*
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> See here
> <http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20141030/PC1603/141039975/1031/palmetto-sunrise-decision-on-harrell-district-house-race-today> and
> here.
> <http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20141029/PC1603/141029303?fb_action_ids=887859377892337&fb_action_types=og.comments>
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> Posted in campaigns <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>
>
>
> "Danger Zone: A Supreme Court Misstep On Voting Rights"
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67647>
>
> Posted on October 30, 2014 7:19 am
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67647> by *Rick Hasen*
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> Linda Greenhouse NYT column
> <http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/30/opinion/a-supreme-court-misstep-on-voting-rights.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=c-column-top-span-region®ion=c-column-top-span-region&WT.nav=c-column-top-span-region>.
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>
> Posted in Supreme Court <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>,
> The Voting Wars <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>, Voting
> Rights Act <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=15>
>
>
> "Keep On Drillin'? Santa Barbara Prepares To Vote On Oil
> Future" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67644>
>
> Posted on October 30, 2014 7:14 am
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67644> by *Rick Hasen*
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> NPR's Kirk Siegler
> <http://www.npr.org/2014/10/30/359894342/keep-on-drillin-santa-barbara-prepares-to-vote-on-oil-future?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=morningedition&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=2054>on
> big money being spent on a local ballot measure.
>
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>
> Posted in campaign finance
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, campaigns
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>
>
> "The S.E.C. and Political Spending"
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67642>
>
> Posted on October 30, 2014 7:10 am
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67642> by *Rick Hasen*
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> NYT editorial.
> <http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/30/opinion/the-sec-and-political-spending.html?_r=2>
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>
> Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>
>
>
> "Ethics commission approves dark money regulation"
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67640>
>
> Posted on October 30, 2014 7:09 am
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67640> by *Rick Hasen*
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> /San Antonio Express News/
> <http://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/Ethics-commission-approves-dark-money-regulation-5856838.php>:
>
> /Texas' campaign finance regulator is set to shine a light
> on secret spending in state elections./
>
> /The Texas Ethics Commission, in a unanimous vote
> Wednesday, approved a new regulation to require
> politically active nonprofits to disclose donors if they
> spend more than 25 percent of their annual budget on
> politicking./
>
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>
> Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>
>
>
> "Beth White Hoist on Her Own Petard"
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67638>
>
> Posted on October 30, 2014 7:06 am
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67638> by *Rick Hasen*
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> Robbin Stewart.
> <http://ballots.blogspot.com/2014/10/beth-white-hoist-by-own-petard-httpwww.html> More
> here.
> <http://ballots.blogspot.com/2014/10/placeholder-for-post-to-write-tomorrow.html>
>
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> Posted in campaign finance
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, campaigns
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>
>
>
> "How Canadian Corporations are Tipping the Scales in US
> Politics" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67636>
>
> Posted on October 30, 2014 7:05 am
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67636> by *Rick Hasen*
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> The /Globe and Mail/ reports.
> <http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/international-business/how-canadian-corporations-are-tipping-the-scales-in-us-politics/article21357759/>
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> Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>
>
>
> "Election Analysis Blog Launched"
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67634>
>
> Posted on October 30, 2014 7:02 am
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67634> by *Rick Hasen*
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> Press release <http://www.law.uky.edu/index.php?nid=247>:
>
> /The University of Kentucky College of Law Election Law
> Society, a law student organization, and election law
> professor, Joshua A. Douglas, announce the first of its
> kind at UK -- an Election Analysis Blog.
> http://www.uky.edu/electionlaw//
>
> /Professor Douglas, the Robert G. Lawson and William H.
> Fortune Associate Professor of Law, and students from the
> Election Law Society will provide live analysis on legal
> issues surrounding the election as results pour in across
> the Commonwealth and the nation. They will field questions
> from the general public and media and provide ongoing
> commentary on any legal issues that may arise./
>
> /There have already been significant lawsuits in the past
> few weeks -- about Kentucky's 300-foot ban on
> electioneering around a polling site, allegations of false
> campaign advertising, voter ID laws, and more -- that will
> impact Election Day. The U.S. Senate race in Kentucky
> between Alison Lundergan Grimes and Mitch McConnell is one
> of the most expensive -- and potentially one of the
> closest -- in the country. UK's Election Analysis Blog
> will chronicle it all./
>
> Good luck to Josh Douglas and the students at UK. They join
> the great State of Elections
> <http://stateofelections.com/> blog at William and Mary whose
> law students do a consistently excellent job.
>
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>
> Posted in Uncategorized <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=1>
>
>
> "Sandra Fluke's Election Bid Opposed By One Big-Spending
> Businessman" <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67632>
>
> Posted on October 30, 2014 6:58 am
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=67632> by *Rick Hasen*
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> Paul Blumenthal
> <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/30/sandra-fluke-election_n_6070726.html> reports
> for HuffPo.
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> Posted in campaign finance
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, campaigns
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>
>
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