[EL] Breaking: Federal Election Commission Vice Chair Matt Petersen Resigning, Leaving Agency Without A Quorum and a Dysfunctional Agency Even More Powerless

[Marty Lederman]

Re: "making a dysfunctional agency even more powerless," *see* Billy Preston
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HqyEHqEYho>.  *But see* Dylan
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwOfCgkyEj0&feature=youtu.be&t=301>.

On Mon, Aug 26, 2019 at 12:26 PM Rick Hasen <rhasen at law.uci.edu> wrote:

> Breaking: Federal Election Commission Vice Chair Matt Petersen Resigning,
> Leaving Agency Without A Quorum and a Dysfunctional Agency Even More
> Powerless <https://electionlawblog.org/?p=107063>
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> Posted on August 26, 2019 9:23 am <https://electionlawblog.org/?p=107063>
> by *Rick Hasen* <https://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
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> Paul Bedard <https://twitter.com/SecretsBedard/status/1166008453984333826>
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> *Paul Bedard <https://twitter.com/SecretsBedard>*
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> *✔@SecretsBedard <https://twitter.com/SecretsBedard>*
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> <https://twitter.com/SecretsBedard/status/1166008453984333826>
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> FEC Vice Chair Matt Petersen resigns, fought internet regs, leaves agency
> in voting limbo. Championed 1st Amendment and the little guy. Told Trump,
> 'The legitimacy of government action is bolstered when everyone feels they
> have received a fair shake.' https://washex.am/2Zp9bwM
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> Statement from FEC Chair Caroline Hunter:
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