[EL] non-citizens/non-green card holders

Mon Feb 26 14:20:54 PST 2018

Would you agree, then, that unless there is a state statute (which is presumably lawful), a non-citizen knocking on doors or phoning voters doesn't run afoul of the prohibition on contributing because it is expressly exempted as uncompensated personal services?

Jerry H. Goldfeder
Special Counsel

STROOCK
180 Maiden Lane, New York, NY 10038
D: 212.806.5857
M: 917.680.3132

jgoldfeder at stroock.com<mailto:jgoldfeder at stroock.com> | vCard<http://www.stroock.com/vcard.cfm?itemID=people/JGoldfeder> | www.stroock.com

From: Paul Ryan [mailto:PRyan at commoncause.org]
Sent: Monday, February 26, 2018 5:14 PM
To: Rick Hasen; Goldfeder, Jerry H.; law-election at uci.edu
Subject: <EXTERNAL> RE: non-citizens/non-green card holders

And this FEC Advisory Opinion from 2014 that cites a bunch of earlier AOs and MUR documents on the subject of foreign national volunteering: https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.fec.gov_files_legal_aos_2014-2D20_AO-2D2014-2D20-2D-28Make-2DYour-2DLaws-2DPAC-29-2DFinal-2D-283.19.15-29.pdf&d=DwIFAg&c=gAzS7Z2sPulVLgfP0R9Uzw&r=x4wmnUfgwzuaYpjyZm6TWOq-_XeqhXECG1caLOA14Ek&m=2hBqBJa9J0iz-TEIVmwYAvbtbqCCR6SN59TX9b9VAMw&s=a86mG0MaVNZgxSPSsSajJA1-EczIN9gEYZv4b-l4hJU&e=<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.fec.gov_files_legal_aos_2014-2D20_AO-2D2014-2D20-2D-28Make-2DYour-2DLaws-2DPAC-29-2DFinal-2D-283.19.15-29.pdf&d=DwMFAg&c=gAzS7Z2sPulVLgfP0R9Uzw&r=-CRNZSPErWVMB5V0bj2p75oYF76E4WXiXcL2AHUhNTY&m=GVLl80qr2UdXxxwYBl_8KmwfgG9SV4HTmQ71VcubUes&s=PeiYb5We--I5Fg2I0HEtIEi4-27cbuwur4nXSml9gtM&e=>

Paul Seamus Ryan
Vice President, Policy & Litigation
805 Fifteenth St. NW, Suite 800
Washington, DC 20005
(o) 202.736.5716 | (m) 202.262.7315
www.commoncause.org<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.commoncause.org_&d=DwMFAg&c=gAzS7Z2sPulVLgfP0R9Uzw&r=-CRNZSPErWVMB5V0bj2p75oYF76E4WXiXcL2AHUhNTY&m=GVLl80qr2UdXxxwYBl_8KmwfgG9SV4HTmQ71VcubUes&s=q9GfTNE5GqYwHfoV9vHvE-RSMxM6vLvGdyqVxK3VfzY&e=>
Twitter @ThePaulSRyan<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__twitter.com_ThePaulSRyan-3Flang-3Den&d=DwMFAg&c=gAzS7Z2sPulVLgfP0R9Uzw&r=-CRNZSPErWVMB5V0bj2p75oYF76E4WXiXcL2AHUhNTY&m=GVLl80qr2UdXxxwYBl_8KmwfgG9SV4HTmQ71VcubUes&s=jDOVEkz6Pg4SZMxezd08clfC3KDTNNQrL8aDr-5aVwQ&e=> | @CommonCause<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__twitter.com_commoncause&d=DwMFAg&c=gAzS7Z2sPulVLgfP0R9Uzw&r=-CRNZSPErWVMB5V0bj2p75oYF76E4WXiXcL2AHUhNTY&m=GVLl80qr2UdXxxwYBl_8KmwfgG9SV4HTmQ71VcubUes&s=UuvciuJDVqg4V2j4T0e_14sSWNkOCgVeCcYtnOK7OF4&e=>
LinkedIn<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.linkedin.com_in_paul-2Dseamus-2Dryan-2D30069a_&d=DwMFAg&c=gAzS7Z2sPulVLgfP0R9Uzw&r=-CRNZSPErWVMB5V0bj2p75oYF76E4WXiXcL2AHUhNTY&m=GVLl80qr2UdXxxwYBl_8KmwfgG9SV4HTmQ71VcubUes&s=V5Jd8KK5tUWf7fzfRmkUOMo-hbtlA7kiDKpWirmwxB4&e=>
[CCLogo_HorizontalTag]

From: Law-election [mailto:law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu] On Behalf Of Rick Hasen
Sent: Monday, February 26, 2018 5:11 PM
To: Goldfeder, Jerry H. <jgoldfeder at stroock.com<mailto:jgoldfeder at stroock.com>>; law-election at uci.edu<mailto:law-election at uci.edu>
Subject: Re: [EL] non-citizens/non-green card holders

There are FEC MURs.  Here's one, but you may not want to go down this yellow brick road:

https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.fec.gov_files_legal_murs_current_78789.pdf&d=DwIFAg&c=gAzS7Z2sPulVLgfP0R9Uzw&r=x4wmnUfgwzuaYpjyZm6TWOq-_XeqhXECG1caLOA14Ek&m=2hBqBJa9J0iz-TEIVmwYAvbtbqCCR6SN59TX9b9VAMw&s=R4BKoZkDWWxBaxMBdBJTy6Wp7fNBwXI4RqlH5ijX1aM&e=<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com_-3Furl-3Dhttps-253A-252F-252Fwww.fec.gov-252Ffiles-252Flegal-252Fmurs-252Fcurrent-252F78789.pdf-26data-3D02-257C01-257Cpryan-2540commoncause.org-257Cc1f25d9ad4bd40c5d57608d57d65e48c-257Cdb39e4b4de324cf9b66e9d02d8172178-257C0-257C1-257C636552798949547120-26sdata-3DsrcZu-252B7QeJQbLaTqJ4BlbqdcTs2wlEiWPi9V2EKwi7E-253D-26reserved-3D0&d=DwMFAg&c=gAzS7Z2sPulVLgfP0R9Uzw&r=-CRNZSPErWVMB5V0bj2p75oYF76E4WXiXcL2AHUhNTY&m=GVLl80qr2UdXxxwYBl_8KmwfgG9SV4HTmQ71VcubUes&s=wMaWBoV-oLVqFWhHYEnyXpMFGm6yZgORQRn-QUl_lko&e=>

--
Rick Hasen
Chancellor's Professor of Law and Political Science
UC Irvine School of Law
401 E. Peltason Dr., Suite 1000
Irvine, CA 92697-8000
949.824.3072 - office
rhasen at law.uci.edu<mailto:rhasen at law.uci.edu>
https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.law.uci.edu_faculty_full-2Dtime_hasen_&d=DwIFAg&c=gAzS7Z2sPulVLgfP0R9Uzw&r=x4wmnUfgwzuaYpjyZm6TWOq-_XeqhXECG1caLOA14Ek&m=2hBqBJa9J0iz-TEIVmwYAvbtbqCCR6SN59TX9b9VAMw&s=MOC5EeqnuJ5Th-P62gGPc9x7YC9q02jjhbTnaTrVDGw&e=<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com_-3Furl-3Dhttp-253A-252F-252Fwww.law.uci.edu-252Ffaculty-252Ffull-2Dtime-252Fhasen-252F-26data-3D02-257C01-257Cpryan-2540commoncause.org-257Cc1f25d9ad4bd40c5d57608d57d65e48c-257Cdb39e4b4de324cf9b66e9d02d8172178-257C0-257C0-257C636552798949547120-26sdata-3Den-252B7wUFVGYNIsscdxOupPkBG-252BiFNfNtJ8ZWYSXM4Ifg-253D-26reserved-3D0&d=DwMFAg&c=gAzS7Z2sPulVLgfP0R9Uzw&r=-CRNZSPErWVMB5V0bj2p75oYF76E4WXiXcL2AHUhNTY&m=GVLl80qr2UdXxxwYBl_8KmwfgG9SV4HTmQ71VcubUes&s=kqeY8sBKKhj_Vnp3bOZN_0MgohIFx8CIav7KMfTd7RE&e=>
https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__electionlawblog.org&d=DwIFAg&c=gAzS7Z2sPulVLgfP0R9Uzw&r=x4wmnUfgwzuaYpjyZm6TWOq-_XeqhXECG1caLOA14Ek&m=2hBqBJa9J0iz-TEIVmwYAvbtbqCCR6SN59TX9b9VAMw&s=42U5HJl2AqbXwlofNHAok0l4ewyjIjq_PxqEacRF0MY&e=<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com_-3Furl-3Dhttp-253A-252F-252Felectionlawblog.org-252F-26data-3D02-257C01-257Cpryan-2540commoncause.org-257Cc1f25d9ad4bd40c5d57608d57d65e48c-257Cdb39e4b4de324cf9b66e9d02d8172178-257C0-257C0-257C636552798949547120-26sdata-3DIjxZzrhGyV-252FkYwPwIoqqzVr3BKR7J31x9YRiz-252Bs-252FtkI-253D-26reserved-3D0&d=DwMFAg&c=gAzS7Z2sPulVLgfP0R9Uzw&r=-CRNZSPErWVMB5V0bj2p75oYF76E4WXiXcL2AHUhNTY&m=GVLl80qr2UdXxxwYBl_8KmwfgG9SV4HTmQ71VcubUes&s=A8dNNiLxPkojotwN0cHlhCGbNSypVdc-zIRw48qLe4o&e=>

From: Goldfeder, Jerry H. [mailto:jgoldfeder at stroock.com]
Sent: Monday, February 26, 2018 2:00 PM
To: Rick Hasen <rhasen at law.uci.edu<mailto:rhasen at law.uci.edu>>; law-election at uci.edu<mailto:law-election at uci.edu>
Subject: non-citizens/non-green card holders

Is there any literature on the legalities of non-citizens/non-green card holders participating in campaigns by distributing literature, phoning, GOTV activities, etc.?

Jerry H. Goldfeder
Special Counsel

STROOCK
180 Maiden Lane, New York, NY 10038
D: 212.806.5857
M: 917.680.3132

jgoldfeder at stroock.com<mailto:jgoldfeder at stroock.com> | vCard<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com_-3Furl-3Dhttp-253A-252F-252Fwww.stroock.com-252Fvcard.cfm-253FitemID-253Dpeople-252FJGoldfeder-26data-3D02-257C01-257Cpryan-2540commoncause.org-257Cc1f25d9ad4bd40c5d57608d57d65e48c-257Cdb39e4b4de324cf9b66e9d02d8172178-257C0-257C0-257C636552798949547120-26sdata-3DAO6J6XT62wi7g7IlQvwTsqCmsp70rIA3RfNLPNueWIw-253D-26reserved-3D0&d=DwMFAg&c=gAzS7Z2sPulVLgfP0R9Uzw&r=-CRNZSPErWVMB5V0bj2p75oYF76E4WXiXcL2AHUhNTY&m=GVLl80qr2UdXxxwYBl_8KmwfgG9SV4HTmQ71VcubUes&s=fkJ8WRAbnip9FRyacjwKJs1ZnA1FyTakF8DM-ar4X_Y&e=> | www.stroock.com<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com_-3Furl-3Dwww.stroock.com-26data-3D02-257C01-257Cpryan-2540commoncause.org-257Cc1f25d9ad4bd40c5d57608d57d65e48c-257Cdb39e4b4de324cf9b66e9d02d8172178-257C0-257C0-257C636552798949547120-26sdata-3Du2uE3xqBLtaG3r0Z9-252FgnwlFztbej0fXs8pi6y6iIUKo-253D-26reserved-3D0&d=DwMFAg&c=gAzS7Z2sPulVLgfP0R9Uzw&r=-CRNZSPErWVMB5V0bj2p75oYF76E4WXiXcL2AHUhNTY&m=GVLl80qr2UdXxxwYBl_8KmwfgG9SV4HTmQ71VcubUes&s=mKcASUloAiy1MS-KW_2bXd01S3HOh8eVXe_5e7rPB-0&e=>

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://webshare.law.ucla.edu/Listservs/law-election/attachments/20180226/b3615fd2/attachment.html>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: image001.png
Type: image/png
Size: 14834 bytes
Desc: image001.png
URL: <http://webshare.law.ucla.edu/Listservs/law-election/attachments/20180226/b3615fd2/attachment.png>