Subject: Spotlight Is Cast on Paid Endorsements
From: rick.hasen@lls.edu
Date: 10/11/2002, 9:06 AM
To: election-law@majordomo.lls.edu

From: Rick Hasen

Here is a story from today's L.A. Times on slate mailers, which are very important in California elections and have been enmeshed in a recent controversy in the governor's race.
Rick

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Spotlight Is Cast on Paid Endorsements 
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Mailers: Rapid growth of political fliers brings charges that candidate listings are for sale to the highest bidder.

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI
TIMES STAFF WRITER

October 11 2002

Slate mailers, an increasingly popular form of political communication in California, are giving candidates new opportunities to reach the electorate--but are also undermining campaign finance rules and, according to critics, handing out endorsements to t
he highest bidder. 

The complete article can be viewed at:
http://www.latimes.com/la-me-slate11oct11,0,1568886.story 

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