[EL] buying candidates?
Robert Wechsler
catbird at pipeline.com
Fri Oct 31 14:36:13 PDT 2014
/We don't feel guilty or ashamed that we've made money in free market. /
This isn't about making money in a free market. It is about spending
money in a market that is not free: the election of those who manage our
communities. If this market were free, then people could buy each
other's votes. If you are unflinching in your inclination toward
liberty, how can you oppose the purchasing of votes?
I would like to see the purchase of votes be part of the discussion.
After all, that's really what the discussion is about.
Robert Wechsler
City Ethics
On 10/31/2014 4:54 PM, Benjamin Barr wrote:
> Professor,
>
> Some of us are stricken with an unflinching inclination toward
> liberty. We'd prefer that a free people be able to speak as they see
> fit, pool their resources together as they'd like, associate in
> commonality as they enjoy, and otherwise engage in the American
> experiment.
>
> We don't feel guilty or ashamed that we've made money in free market.
> We welcome the Steyers, Kochs, and Soros of the world to compete for
> our attention and shake up the public mind. We aren't afraid of their
> ideas. We welcome unions, corporations, trial attorneys, and coal
> producers to share their thoughts, even when they use silly names. We
> believe in free exchange and citizens capable of self-government.
>
> We also realize that the surest path to tyranny is found in displacing
> this precious liberty held by Americans with the unilateral voice of
> government to decide who has "political power or who gets elected."
>
> Forward, and a Happy Halloween to all!
>
> Benjamin Barr
>
>
>
> On Fri, Oct 31, 2014 at 4:27 PM, Schultz, David A.
> <dschultz at hamline.edu <mailto:dschultz at hamline.edu>> wrote:
>
> I will chime in late on this debate since I was working.
>
> The difficulty of us to really draw the lines between permissible
> use of money to influence candidates or races and impermissible
> uses (buying candidates or bribery) might suggest that it is
> impossible to do so because it may be a distinction without a
> difference. This may thus speak to the core issue that I
> repeatedly bring up but which most of you chose to simply ignore:
> i.e., perhaps it is not legitimate for people to use money or
> convert over economic resources into political resources or
> perhaps it is simply not legitimate to make money the allocative
> factor that determines who has political power or who gets elected.
>
> On Fri, Oct 31, 2014 at 1:30 PM, Rick Hasen <rhasen at law.uci.edu
> <mailto:rhasen at law.uci.edu>> wrote:
>
> 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/
>>
>> /Josiah H. Blackmore II/Shirley M. Nault/
>>
>> / Professor of Law/
>>
>> /Capital University Law School/
>>
>> /303 E. Broad St./
>>
>> /Columbus, OH 43215/
>>
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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
>> <mailto: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.
>>
>> *Tyler Creighton*|tyler at rethinkmedia.org
>> <mailto:tyler at rethinkmedia.org>| Media Associate
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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
>> <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 *Smith, Brad
>> *Sent:* Friday, October 31, 2014 9:46 AM
>> *To:* Tyler Creighton
>> *Cc:* law-election at UCI.edu <mailto: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/
>>
>> /Josiah H. Blackmore II/Shirley M. Nault/
>>
>> /Professor of Law/
>>
>> /Capital University Law School/
>>
>> /303 E. Broad St./
>>
>> /Columbus, OH 43215/
>>
>> /614.236.6317 <tel:614.236.6317>/
>>
>> /http://law.capital.edu/faculty/bios/bsmith.aspx/
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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."
>>
>>
>> *Tyler Creighton* | tyler at rethinkmedia.org
>> <mailto:tyler at rethinkmedia.org> | Media Associate
>>
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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/
>>
>> /Professor of Law/
>>
>> /Capital University Law School/
>>
>> /303 E. Broad St./
>>
>> /Columbus, OH 43215/
>>
>> /614.236.6317 <tel:614.236.6317>/
>>
>> /http://law.capital.edu/faculty/bios/bsmith.aspx/
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>>
>> *From:*law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu
>> <mailto:law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu> [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
>> <mailto: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>
>>
>> Share
>> <https://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D67667&title=%E2%80%9CMcDonnell%20team%20sought%20mistrial%20over%20juror%E2%80%99s%20ouster%2C%20expressed%20concern%20about%20alternate%E2%80%9D&description=>
>>
>> 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
>> <https://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D67665&title=%E2%80%9CGinsburg%20Was%20Right%3A%20Texas%E2%80%99%20Extreme%20Voter%20ID%20Law%20Is%20Stopping%20People%20From%20Voting%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>
>>
>>
>> "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>
>>
>> Share
>> <https://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D67663&title=%E2%80%9C50%2C000%20Missing%20Georgia%20Voter-Registration%20Applications%3F%20Nothing%20to%20See%20Here%E2%80%9D&description=>
>>
>> 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
>> <https://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D67661&title=%E2%80%9CArgument%20preview%3A%20Racial%20gerrymandering%2C%20partisan%20politics%2C%20and%20the%20future%20of%20the%20Voting%20Rights%20Act%E2%80%9D&description=>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> Share
>> <https://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D67659&title=%E2%80%9CState%20election%20officials%20opt%20to%20delay%20election%20in%20Bobby%20Harrell%E2%80%99s%20old%20House%20seat%E2%80%9D&description=>
>>
>> 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."
>>
>> Share
>> <https://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D67657&title=%E2%80%9CIn%20Michigan%2C%20Spending%20Big%20Money%20to%20Stop%20Big%20Money%E2%80%9D&description=>
>>
>> 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
>> <https://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D67655&title=%E2%80%9CHorse.%20Stable%20Door.%20Too%20Late%E2%80%9D&description=>
>>
>> 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/
>>
>> Share
>> <https://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D67653&title=%E2%80%9CCFI%20Releases%20Analysis%20of%20Money%20in%20State%20Elections%E2%80%9D&description=>
>>
>> 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>
>>
>> Share
>> <https://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D67651&title=Lava%21&description=>
>>
>> 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>
>>
>> Share
>> <https://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D67649&title=Fight%20in%20South%20Carolina%20Over%20Replacing%20Resigning%20House%20Speaker%20on%20Ballot&description=>
>>
>> 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>.
>>
>> Share
>> <https://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D67647&title=%E2%80%9CDanger%20Zone%3A%20A%20Supreme%20Court%20Misstep%20On%20Voting%20Rights%E2%80%9D&description=>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> Share
>> <https://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D67644&title=%E2%80%9CKeep%20On%20Drillin%E2%80%99%3F%20Santa%20Barbara%20Prepares%20To%20Vote%20On%20Oil%20Future%E2%80%9D&description=>
>>
>> Posted in campaign finance
>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, campaigns
>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>
>>
>>
>> "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>
>>
>> Share
>> <https://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D67642&title=%E2%80%9CThe%20S.E.C.%20and%20Political%20Spending%E2%80%9D&description=>
>>
>> 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./
>>
>> Share
>> <https://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D67640&title=%E2%80%9CEthics%20commission%20approves%20dark%20money%20regulation%E2%80%9D&description=>
>>
>> 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>
>>
>> Share
>> <https://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D67638&title=%E2%80%9CBeth%20White%20Hoist%20on%20Her%20Own%20Petard%E2%80%9D&description=>
>>
>> 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/>
>>
>> Share
>> <https://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D67636&title=%E2%80%9CHow%20Canadian%20Corporations%20are%20Tipping%20the%20Scales%20in%20US%20Politics%E2%80%9D&description=>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> Share
>> <https://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D67634&title=%E2%80%9CElection%20Analysis%20Blog%20Launched%E2%80%9D&description=>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> Share
>> <https://www.addtoany.com/share_save#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D67632&title=%E2%80%9CSandra%20Fluke%E2%80%99s%20Election%20Bid%20Opposed%20By%20One%20Big-Spending%20Businessman%E2%80%9D&description=>
>>
>> Posted in campaign finance
>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, campaigns
>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>
>>
>> --
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