[EL] ELB News and Commentary 2/22/15
Rick Hasen
rhasen at law.uci.edu
Sat Feb 21 20:19:48 PST 2015
“Lone Billionaire Hits Much, Much Higher Limit For Campaign
Contributions” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70459>
Posted onFebruary 21, 2015 8:12 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70459>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
HuffPo.
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/21/billionaire-campaign-contributions-ken-griffin_n_6727178.html?utm_hp_ref=politics&ir=Politics>
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Posted incampaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>
“Officials seek ways to boost L.A. County’s voter turnout
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70457>
Posted onFebruary 21, 2015 8:09 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70457>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
LA Times.
<http://www.latimes.com/local/cityhall/la-me-voter-turnout-20150221-story.html>
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Posted invoting <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=31>
“Conniving by crossover voters is more myth than threat”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70455>
Posted onFebruary 21, 2015 8:07 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70455>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
LAT reports.
<http://www.latimes.com/local/politics/la-me-pol-california-politics-20150222-story.html?track=rss>
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Posted inpolitical parties
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=25>,primaries
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=32>
“Hillary, Jeb and $$$$$$; Hillary Clinton, Jeb Bush and Fund-Raising
for the 2016 Presidential Race” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70453>
Posted onFebruary 21, 2015 8:06 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70453>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Frank
Bruni<http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/22/opinion/sunday/frank-bruni-hillary-clinton-jeb-bush-and-fund-raising-for-the-2016-presidential-race.html?ref=opinion&_r=0>NYT
column.
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Posted incampaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>
Don’t Miss Howard Bashman on #SCOTUS Sanctions for the Troubling
Cert Petition from Foley & Lardner <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70451>
Posted onFebruary 21, 2015 7:40 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70451>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Wise <http://howappealing.abovethelaw.com/022115.html#060537>analyses
<http://howappealing.abovethelaw.com/022115.html#060545>.
It is typical understated Howard, but the critiques of the lawyer’s
conduct are pretty devastating.
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Posted inSupreme Court <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>
“California fixed redistricting; will the Supreme Court break it
again?” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70449>
Posted onFebruary 21, 2015 7:32 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70449>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Nick StephanopoulosLAT oped.
<http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-stephanopoulos-redistricting-lawsuit-20150222-story.html>
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Posted incitizen commissions
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=7>,Elections Clause
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=70>,redistricting
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=6>
“Ruling bars state from treating free legal advice as a campaign
contribution” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70447>
Posted onFebruary 21, 2015 7:30 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70447>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
News
<http://www.thenewstribune.com/2015/02/20/3649771_ruling-bars-state-from-treating.html?rh=1>from
WA:
Free legal advice to a recall campaign isn’t a campaign contribution
— neither is free legal advice in pursuit of that argument, and
state campaign finance regulators can’t claim otherwise.
That idea, the heart of a ruling issued Friday in Pierce County
Superior Court, appears to end a four-year battle between backers of
a 2011 county recall campaign and the state Public Disclosure
Commission that has climbed to the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals
and back. It also adds a footnote to the stormy tenure of ex-Pierce
County Assessor-Treasurer Dale Washam, the target of an unsuccessful
recall effort in 2011.
“The court correctly recognized that pro bono representation in
civil rights cases cannot constitutionally be treated as political
contribution,” said Bill Maurer, managing attorney in the Washington
branch of the Institute for Justice, a Virginia-based public
interest law firm. The institute is one of the parties in the case.
See also theIJ press release.
<http://www.ij.org/wa-lawyer-free-speech-release-2-20-15>
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“Registering to vote online: Will Florida join in?”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70445>
Posted onFebruary 21, 2015 7:27 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70445>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
The Gainesville Sun reports.
<http://www.gainesville.com/article/20150220/ARTICLES/150229950>
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Posted inelection administration
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,voter registration
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=37>
Fordham Law Review Symposium on Chevron at 30
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70443>
Posted onFebruary 20, 2015 5:44 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70443>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Very important <http://fordhamlawreview.org/issues/134>for Legislation
and ad law folks.
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Posted instatutory interpretation <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=21>
“Conservative watchdog group accuses Democrats of illegally
coordinating through voter data firm”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70441>
Posted onFebruary 20, 2015 4:21 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70441>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
WaPo
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2015/02/20/conservative-watchdog-group-accuses-democrats-of-illegally-coordinating-through-voter-data-firm/>:
A new conservative watchdog group filed a complaint this week with
the Federal Election Commission against the private voter data
firmCatalist <http://www.catalist.us/> and dozens of Democratic
party and candidate committees, accusing them of operating “an
illegal coordination scheme” that has allowed Democrats to instantly
sync their voter information with that of independent groups.
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Posted incampaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>,federal
election commission <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=24>
“The Clinton Foundation Super PAC; It’s past time to drop the
fiction that the Clinton Foundation is a charity.”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70439>
Posted onFebruary 20, 2015 1:28 pm
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70439>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Kimberly Strassel.
<http://www.wsj.com/articles/kim-strassel-the-clinton-foundation-super-pac-1424391547>
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Posted incampaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>
“The FEC Opens Its Ears” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70436>
Posted onFebruary 20, 2015 9:51 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70436>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
FEC Chair Ann Ravelwrites this
oped<http://thehill.com/opinion/op-ed/233021-the-fec-opens-its-ears>in
The Hill.
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Posted incampaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>,federal
election commission <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=24>
“Campaign Legal Center White Paper Outlines Likely Violations By
Prospective 2016 Presidential Candidates”
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70434>
Posted onFebruary 20, 2015 9:12 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70434>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Release
<http://electionlawblog.org/Campaign%20Legal%20Center%20White%20Paper%20Outlines%20Likely%20Violations%20By%20Prospective%202016%20Presidential%20Candidates>:
Today, the Campaign Legal Center released awhite paper
<http://www.campaignlegalcenter.org/sites/default/files/Testing_the_Waters_and_the_Big_Lie_2.19.15.pdf>examining
prospective 2016 presidential candidates raising millions of
dollars, while denying that they are even “testing the waters” for a
potential run for their Party’s nomination. Why would they deny the
obvious? Federal law requires an individual who is “testing the
waters” of candidacy to pay for those activities with funds raised
in compliance with the candidate contribution restrictions—no
individual contributions above $2,700, and no corporate or labor
union funds. Nearly every likely presidential contender is ignoring
the candidate limits and the Federal Election Commission is doing
nothing to stop it.
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“Exclusive: Sorenson hearing confirms ongoing investigation into
possible 2012 caucus chicanery” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70432>
Posted onFebruary 20, 2015 8:18 am
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=70432>byRick Hasen
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
Des Moines Register
<http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/2015/02/19/kent-sorenson-sentencing-iowa-caucus-2012-paul/23684721/>:
In just a few words during a short teleconference with a federal
judge, an attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday
confirmed what has long been suspected: Authorities are pursuing a
broader investigation into the shady campaign dealings that ousted
former Iowa state Sen. Kent Sorenson from office.
In a hearing before U.S. District Judge Robert W. Pratt, attorneys
for the government and for Sorenson agreed to delay sentencing in
the case until April. The reason, Justice Department lead attorney
Robert Higdon Jr. said, was that the government was “engaged” and
“making progress” on a “larger investigation” into the 2012
presidential race.
Sorensonpleaded guilty last summer
<http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/elections/2014/08/27/kent-sorenson-campaign-finance-iowa-caucuses-michele-bachmann-ron-paul/14696753/>to
concealing payments he received for work on two 2012 presidential
campaigns and obstructing an investigation into the incident. He
faces up to 25 years in prison, although his sentencing has been
delayed for months.
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Posted incampaigns <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>,chicanery
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=12>
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