[EL] ELB News and Commentary 5/13/15

Tue May 12 21:02:05 PDT 2015

    Will Jeb or Hillary Work Harder to Kill What’s Left of Campaign
    Finance Law? <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=72417>

Posted onMay 12, 2015 7:30 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=72417>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Inquiring minds want to know.

We are witnessing a startling devolution in the rules of the game that 
remain after the Supreme Court gutted the core of campaign limitations.

On the Democratic side, there’s a difference between not engaging in 
unilateral disarmament and in pushing the envelope to develop ever more 
clever ways of circumventing what remains of campaign finance law. 
Clinton, like Obama before her, is engaging in the latter.

[This post has been updated.]

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    “How a super PAC plans to coordinate directly with Hillary Clinton’s
    campaign” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=72415>

Posted onMay 12, 2015 7:25 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=72415>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

WaPo 
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2015/05/12/how-a-super-pac-plans-to-coordinate-directly-with-hillary-clintons-campaign/?postshare=751431483727083>on 
the questions raised about the legality of the Correct the Record 
arrangement.

MORE 
<http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-05-13/is-new-hillary-clinton-super-pac-pushing-legal-boundaries->at 
Bloomberg.

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    “Investigation of Scott Walker’s Fundraising Could End Up at the
    Supreme Court” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=72413>

Posted onMay 12, 2015 6:02 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=72413>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

National Journal reports. 
<http://www.nationaljournal.com/2016-elections/scott-walker-supreme-court-20150512>

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Posted incampaign finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>,campaigns 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=59>,Supreme Court 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=29>

    What’s Like a Slow Motion Car Crash?
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=72411>

Posted onMay 12, 2015 6:01 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=72411>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

New York State government, saysCiara Torres-Spelliscy. 
<https://www.brennancenter.org/blog/slow-motion-car-crash>

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<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=12>

    “Urban Polling Centers Recommend Voters Start Lining Up Now For 2016
    Election” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=72409>

Posted onMay 12, 2015 6:00 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=72409>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

The Onion reports 
<http://www.theonion.com/article/urban-polling-centers-recommend-voters-start-linin-50365>.

Dan Smith <https://twitter.com/electionsmith/status/598286785832169472>: 
“Actually,@*theonion* <https://twitter.com/TheOnion>, only voters living 
in minority precincts need to start lining for 
2016http://www.dartmouth.edu/~herron/closingtimes.pdf… 
<http://t.co/T330ckSGIA>“

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<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,election law "humor" 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=52>

    True the Vote Already Fundraising Off New Ohio Lawsuit
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=72405>

Posted onMay 12, 2015 12:42 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=72405>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

 From fundraising appeal via email:

Screen Shot 2015-05-12 at 12.41.54 PM 
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    Can Super PAC Which Avoids Express Advocacy Coordinate with
    Presidential Campaign? <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=72403>

Posted onMay 12, 2015 12:36 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=72403>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

NYT: 
<http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2015/05/12/hillary-clinton-aligned-group-gets-closer-to-her-campaign/?smid=tw-share>

    Correct the Record, a group started by David Brock, a staunch ally
    of Hillary Rodham Clinton, is recreating itself as a stand-alone
    “super PAC” that has the ability to coordinate with her campaign….

    The new version of Correct the Record will be able to communicate
    with federal campaigns and party committees, as it is not involved
    with independent expenditures.

I’d like to hear more about the theory behind a group whose major 
purpose is the election of a candidate for federal office being able to 
skirt the coordination rules by avoiding express advocacy.

UPDATE: Here is the group’sexplanation 
<http://correctrecord.org/correct-the-record-launches-as-new-pro-clinton-superpac/>: 
“Correct The Record, though a SuperPac, will not be engaged in paid 
media and thus will be allowed to coordinate with campaigns and Party 
Committees.”

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    “Ohio hit with federal lawsuit over GOP voting restrictions”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=72401>

Posted onMay 12, 2015 12:26 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=72401>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Zack Roth reports 
<http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/ohio-hit-lawsuit-over-gop-passed-voting-restrictions>for 
MSNBC.

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    “RNLA Announces Voter ID Initiative”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=72399>

Posted onMay 12, 2015 12:23 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=72399>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

See here. <http://thereplawyer.blogspot.com/2015/05/rnla.html>

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    “Appeals judges pepper McDonnell defense with skeptical questions”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=72397>

Posted onMay 12, 2015 11:22 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=72397>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

WaPo reports. 
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/what-to-expect-from-oral-arguments-over-bob-mcdonnells-appeal/2015/05/11/32796f76-f35d-11e4-b2f3-af5479e6bbdd_story.html>

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    “Montana: Stanford, Dartmouth mailers broke campaign laws”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=72395>

Posted onMay 12, 2015 11:21 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=72395>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

AP reports. 
<http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_SUPREME_COURT_ELECTIONS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT>

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