election-law_gl-digest Sunday, March 10 2002 Volume 01 : Number 157
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Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2002 16:11:37 -0800
From: "George Waters" <George@olsonhagel.com>
Subject: Re: FW: Politically Sophisticated Kids
this confirms my suspicion that my partner is not the brightest bulb on the tree.
george waters
olson, hagel, waters & fishburn
555 capitol mall, suite 1425
sacramento, ca 95814
916/442-2952
916/442-1280 (fax)
george@olsonhagel.com
"Robert M. Stern" <stern@cgs.org> 03/08 4:24 PM >>>
George needs to talk to his law partner, Lance Olson, who wrote California's
Prop. 34, enacted in 2000. It includes a section stating that a child's
contribution is presumed to be a contribution from the child's parent or
guardian. Lance got this section from Prop. 208, passed in 1996.
Bob Stern
Robert M. Stern
President
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Center for Governmental Studies
10951 West Pico Blvd., Ste. 120
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Email: stern@cgs.org
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From: owner-election-law_gl@majordomo.lls.edu
[mailto:owner-election-law_gl@majordomo.lls.edu]On Behalf Of George Waters
Sent: Friday, March 08, 2002 4:00 PM
To: election-law@majordomo.lls.edu
Subject: Re: Politically Sophisticated Kids
No doubt it is easy to attribute kids' contributions to their parents, but
in light of the fact that a state is constitutionally prohibited from
imposing a blanket requirement of parental consent for a minor's abortion,
am i the only one who sees a potential problem with a blanket requirement
that kids' contributions be attributed to their parents.
getting back to shays-meehan, what about married minors? How about
emancipated minors? Is there an overbreadth issue here?
george waters
olson, hagel, waters & fishburn
555 capitol mall, suite 1425
sacramento, ca 95814
916/442-2952
916/442-1280 (fax)
george@olsonhagel.com
"Robert M. Stern" <stern@cgs.org> 03/08 3:05 PM >>>
The easiest solution to kids' contributions is to attribute the
contributions to their parents. That way if the kids are active (some in
their teens are), then they can give. This stops the usual practice,
however, of parents' "strong arming" their three year olds into giving
$1,000 contributions. We found that San Diego had very sophisticated three
year olds who were giving $250 contributions (the maximum allowed) to city
candidates, the same amount as their moms and dads, believe it or not.
Bob Stern
Robert M. Stern
President
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Center for Governmental Studies
10951 West Pico Blvd., Ste. 120
Los Angeles, CA 90064
Phone: (310) 470-6590, ext. 117
Fax: (310) 475-3752
Website: www.cgs.org
Email: stern@cgs.org
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