[EL] About this list

[Kevin Benson]

Morning Allison,



FWIW, I hope you do not unsubscribe, and that you do not stop soliciting
input or comments.  I sense that most folks on this listserv are more
focused specifically on federal matters, and perhaps that explains the lack
of response? Having been a state lawyer wrangling with state-level campaign
finance regulation and election administration, I am always interested in
what other the other “laboratories of democracy” are up to. Especially
since the federal system is so deadlocked.



In my experience, all listserves have the occasional dust-ups (or
flame-wars), and if anything, this listserv is better than most I have
experienced. I still find it to be a valuable source of information. For
example, despite the recent dust-up, there has been some more substantive
discussion regarding contribution limits, limits on ballot measure
contributions, etc.



I too would like to see more of the substantive discussions on a broad(er)
range of topics, and more feedback to questions posted to the list.



Cheers,

Kevin





Kevin Benson, Esq.

Benson Law Nevada

123 W. Nye Lane #487

Carson City, NV 89706

(775) 884-0838

kevin at bensonlawnv.com









*From:* Law-election [mailto:law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu] *On
Behalf Of *Allison Hayward
*Sent:* Tuesday, October 30, 2018 11:22 AM
*To:* Election Law Listserv <law-election at uci.edu>
*Subject:* [EL] About this list



Greetings!



Yesterday's dustup raised some tangental thoughts I would like to share.



As far as the usefulness of this listserv, I have found it disappointing in
recent times.  Perhaps this is the rose-lit memories of my misspent youth,
but the List was in the past a great vehicle to spread and debate campaign
finance, other forms of political speech restriction, related tax,
statutory and admin law issues that come up in the "political" area, funny
bon mots, and whatnot.



These days, not so much, it seems to me.  There is a great deal on this
list about what Rick is doing - which is fine, it is his list.  The Skeptic
in her day had no problem using that blog for all sorts of personal
updates, scholarly promotion, and snark.  There is also a great deal on
this list about vote suppression and gerrymandering.  Don't get me wrong, I
think these are important pieces of the pie, but the pie is quite a bit
bigger than this.



Moreover, there have been several times when I have reached out to the list
with material from my FPPC experience that I found interesting or puzzling,
hoping for some comment.  I instead heard... crickets.



Perhaps people would rather not respond out of fear that anything written
to me becomes a public record.  That's true, but this is a pretty public
venue as it is, so that doesn't seem likely.  It could also be that the
people now on the List aren't really interested in anything beyond the
list's current portfolio.  That is fine, too.  I'll quit trying to elicit
reactions on other topics, and might unsubscribe.



If there is some other explanation for what I have observed (including,
perhaps, that I am wrong) what is it?



Allison
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