[EL] CPA/Zicklin

Wed Sep 24 11:11:05 PDT 2014

I know, right? Consumer information is such a downer.

On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 11:03 AM, Smith, Brad <BSmith at law.capital.edu>
wrote:

>  CPI writes:
>
>   "Watch your Netflix show, wear your Ralph Lauren shirt, brew your
> Keurig coffee and deposit your paycheck at M&T Bank.
>
> Just know that you're patronizing some of the nation's least politically
> transparent companies,"
>
> What a horrible, impoverished way to live one's life, worrying about the
> political views and activities of everyone you come into contact with, and
> using that to decide whether to do business with them.
>
>  *Bradley A. Smith*
>
> *Josiah H. Blackmore II/Shirley M. Nault*
>
> *   Professor of Law*
>
> *Capital University Law School*
>
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>
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> law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu] on behalf of Rick Hasen [
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> *Sent:* Wednesday, September 24, 2014 11:16 AM
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> *Subject:* [EL] ELB News and Commentary 9/24/14
>
>   Light Blogging the Next Few Days <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65843>
>  Posted on September 24, 2014 8:14 am
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65843> by Rick Hasen
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> Back to full strength next week.
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>   Posted in Uncategorized <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=1>
>  “GOP Candidate Voted In Both Illinois And Wisconsin In The Same Year”
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65841>
>  Posted on September 24, 2014 8:13 am
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65841> by Rick Hasen
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> TPM
> <http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/kathy-myalls-vote-illinois-wisconsin>:
> “The candidate, Kathy Myalls (pictured, left), voted in a primary election
> in Illinois and three months after that voted in Wisconsin’s recall
> election aimed at recalling Wisconsin Republican Gov. Scott Walker
> (pictured right), according to the Chicago Sun-Times
> <http://politics.suntimes.com/article/springfield/state-rep-candidate-voted-illinois-and-wisconsin/mon-09222014-643pm>.
> Myalls also voted in Wisconsin in the 2012 presidential election. The
> following spring she came back to Illinois to vote there.”
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>   Posted in chicanery <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=12>, voter
> registration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=37>, voting
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=31>
>  “New CPA-Zicklin Index Flawed” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65839>
>  Posted on September 24, 2014 8:12 am
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65839> by Rick Hasen
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> CCP release
> <http://www.campaignfreedom.org/2014/09/24/new-cpa-zicklin-index-flawed-2/>.
> My earlier coverage is here <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65822>.
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>   Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>
>  Nathan Sproul Threatens Legal Action Against Brad Blog over Reporting on
> Registration Irregularities <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65836>
>  Posted on September 24, 2014 8:10 am
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65836> by Rick Hasen
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> See here. <http://www.bradblog.com/?p=10824>
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>   Posted in chicanery <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=12>
>  “Judge dismisses GOP lawsuit asking that the new model ballot be
> redesigned before election” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65834>
>  Posted on September 24, 2014 7:59 am
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65834> by Rick Hasen
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> AP reports.
> <http://www.dailyjournal.net/view/story/5ae334b270e843f2ab5c57ff5f95fcf8/WI--Wisconsin-Ballots-Complaint/>
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>   Posted in election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>, The
> Voting Wars <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>
>  “FAN 33 (First Amendment News) What is a PAC? The next big issue?”
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65832>
>  Posted on September 24, 2014 7:52 am
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65832> by Rick Hasen
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> Ron Collins blogs.
> <http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2014/09/fan-33-first-amendment-news-what-is-a-pac-the-next-big-issue.html#more-91094>
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>   Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>,
> campaigns <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>
>  “Three reasons why New Zealand has the best-designed government in the
> world” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65830>
>  Posted on September 24, 2014 7:50 am
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65830> by Rick Hasen
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> Vox analysis
> <http://www.vox.com/2014/9/23/6831777/new-zealand-electoral-system-constitution-mixed-member-unicameral/in/5654656>
> .
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>   Posted in alternative voting systems
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=63>
>  “‘Nudge’ Theory and the Gerken Disclosure Proposal”
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65828>
>  Posted on September 24, 2014 7:47 am
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65828> by Rick Hasen
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> Bauer blogs.
> <http://www.moresoftmoneyhardlaw.com/2014/09/nudge-theory-gerken-disclosure-proposal/>
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>   Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>
>  “Rich on Rich Warfare in U.S. Politics”
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65826>
>  Posted on September 24, 2014 7:45 am
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65826> by Rick Hasen
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> Nice Frank Wilkinson Bloomberg View column
> <http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2014-09-24/rich-on-rich-warfare-in-u-s-politics>
> .
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>   Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>
>  “Republicans slam Kansas Supreme Court justice over Davis fundraiser at
> her home” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65824>
>  Posted on September 23, 2014 9:42 pm
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65824> by Rick Hasen
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> More Kansas news:
> <http://www.kansas.com/news/politics-government/election/article2220496.html>
>
>  The Kansas Republican Party criticized a Kansas Supreme Court justice
> Tuesday, saying a fundraiser hosted for Democrat Paul Davis at her Topeka
> home was inappropriate.
>
> The event, a casual backyard BBQ seeking donations of $20 apiece, raises
> “numerous ethical questions for both Davis and the Kansas judicial branch,”
> Republicans said in a release.
>
> Justice Carol Beier, who was appointed to the court in 2003 by former Gov.
> Kathleen Sebelius, a Democrat, said that she was not involved in the
> planning of the Tuesday fundraiser and would not attend it. The event is
> hosted by her husband, Richard Green, a teacher.
>
>  I wonder if the Kansas Republican Party also believes that Ginny Thomas’s
> political activities are inappropriate.
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>   Posted in Uncategorized <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=1>
>  “Study: Major companies are increasingly disclosing their political
> spending” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65822>
>  Posted on September 23, 2014 9:36 pm
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65822> by Rick Hasen
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> WaPo
> <http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2014/09/24/major-companies-increasingly-choose-to-disclose-their-political-spending-study-says/>
> :
>
>  Major corporations are increasingly disclosing their political spending
> this election year, even as some business groups discourage them from doing
> so, according to a new study set for release Wednesday.
>
> The annual index of corporate political spending by the Center for
> Political Accountability
> <http://www.politicalaccountability.net/index.php?ht=d/Home/pid/184> shows
> that a majority of nearly 200 publicly held companies received higher
> ratings for disclosure this year compared with 2013.
>
> “More leading companies are establishing political disclosure as a
> mainstream corporate practice,” said Bruce Freed, president of the group,
> which conducts the annual survey in conjunction with the Zicklin Center for
> Business Ethics Research at the University of Pennsylvania.
>
>  CPI:
> <http://www.publicintegrity.org/2014/09/24/15740/secret-politics-pervade-popular-companies>
>
>  Watch your Netflix show, wear your Ralph Lauren shirt, brew your Keurig
> coffee and deposit your paycheck at M&T Bank.
>
> Just know that you’re patronizing some of the nation’s least politically
> transparent companies, according to a new study
> <http://k007.kiwi6.com/hotlink/nu51hz9m4i/CPA-Zicklin_Index_-_2014_-_09-16-14.pdf> to
> be formally released this morning by the nonpartisan Center for Political
> Accountability
> <http://www.politicalaccountability.net/index.php?ht=d/sp/i/870/pid/870> and
> the Zicklin Center for Business Ethics Research
> <https://lgst.wharton.upenn.edu/research/research-centers/the-carol-and-lawrence-zicklin-center-for-business-ethics-research//> at
> the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School.
>
> Twenty of the nearly 300 companies studied didn’t score a single point on
> the survey’s 70-point scale measuring political disclosure and
> accountability policies, including Netflix Inc.
> <https://www.publicintegrity.org/2014/02/18/14263/netflix-stacking-deck-capitol-hill>,
> which produces political thriller “House of Cards,” and K-Cup
> <http://c1.soap.com/images/products/p/zqb/zqb-025_1z.jpg>maker Keurig
> Green Mountain Coffee, which says it uses
> <http://www.greenmountaincoffee.com/Our-Story/csr/index.shtml> the “power
> of business to make the world a better place.”
>
>
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>   Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>
>  “Nebraska Republican Party Allowed to Substitute New Lieutenant Governor
> Candidate After the September 1 Deadline”
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65820>
>  Posted on September 23, 2014 5:22 pm
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65820> by Rick Hasen
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> BAN reports.
> <http://www.ballot-access.org/2014/09/nebraska-republican-party-allowed-to-substitute-new-lieutenant-governor-candidate-after-the-september-1-deadline/>
>
> Waiting for the howls of outrage from those upset with the Torricelli and
> Taylor cases.
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>   Posted in campaigns <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>
>  “Nothing to See Here;The one national holiday Republicans want you to
> forget.” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65818>
>  Posted on September 23, 2014 5:21 pm
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65818> by Rick Hasen
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> Jamelle Bouie <http://t.co/ZOetKgzk9L> on National Voter Registration Day.
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>   Posted in election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>, The
> Voting Wars <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>
>  Kobach Not Yet Giving Up in Forcing Democrat on #KSSEN Ballot
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65815>
>  Posted on September 23, 2014 4:12 pm
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65815> by Rick Hasen
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> Dave Helling
> <http://www.kansascity.com/news/government-politics/article2217754.html> in
> the KC Star:
>
>  “We think that we could survive if the trigger was pulled Oct. 1,” said
> an email from Brian Newby, Johnson County election commissioner. “That’s
> pushing it.”
>
> Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach said he would inform the district
> court of the time pressure related to its decision. He hoped to have a
> ruling by the end of this week.
>
> But outside experts said that isn’t likely. A district court proceeding
> could involve witnesses, legal arguments and a lengthy appeals process.
>
>
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>   Posted in ballot access <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=46>, campaigns
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>
>  “Election officials ask judge to toss suit over Wisconsin ballot design”
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65813>
>  Posted on September 23, 2014 4:06 pm
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65813> by Rick Hasen
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
> <http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/wisconsin-election-officials-ask-judge-to-toss-ballots-suit-b99357336z1-276527981.html>
> :
>
>  State election officials asked a judge Tuesday to throw out a lawsuit
> over the design of the Nov. 4 ballots, saying the campaigns of two
> Republican lawmakers did not follow proper procedures in bringing their
> court challenge.
>
> Even if the case is allowed to proceed, the election officials argued, the
> judge can consider changing the ballots in just four places — Racine,
> Walworth, Columbia and Jefferson counties. Those who brought the suit can’t
> argue over the ballots in the state’s 68 other counties because they either
> don’t represent them or the ballots in those counties don’t include the
> features that are the subject of their suit, they said.
>
> The filing came a day before Waukesha County Circuit Judge James Kieffer
> is to hold a hearing to consider whether to order election officials to
> make changes to the ballots six weeks before the election.
>
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>   Posted in election administration <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>
>  “In Kansas, Democratic donors invest in uncertainty; Independent Senate
> candidate Greg Orman coy with caucusing plans”
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65811>
>  Posted on September 23, 2014 4:03 pm
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65811> by Rick Hasen
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> CPI reports.
> <http://www.publicintegrity.org/2014/09/23/15750/kansas-democratic-donors-invest-uncertainty>
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>   Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>,
> campaigns <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>
>  WI Judge Recuses Rather than Follows Order to Dismiss Voter ID Challenge
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65809>
>  Posted on September 23, 2014 3:34 pm
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65809> by Rick Hasen
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> Interesting form
> <http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/dane-county-judge-refuses-supreme-court-order-on-voter-id-b99357338z1-276817771.html>
>  of political protest from a sitting judge.
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>   Posted in Uncategorized <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=1>
>  “SEC Campaign Finance Rules Under Fire”
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65807>
>  Posted on September 23, 2014 3:31 pm
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=65807> by Rick Hasen
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> Jason Abel’s *Daily Journal *oped
> <http://www.steptoe.com/assets/htmldocuments/REPRINT%20-%20Daily%20Journal%20OpEd%20-%20Jason%20Abel%20-%202014.8.20.PDF> says
> the SEC case could head to SCOTUS.
>
>
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>   Posted in campaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>
>
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