| Subject: news of the day 4/30/04 |
| From: Rick Hasen |
| Date: 4/30/2004, 7:45 AM |
| To: election-law |
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Ed Feigenbaum pointed me to this news release from Casino Fortune.com, which begins: "Internet Gamblers continued to vote with their Return keys yesterday as John Kerry lost a commanding lead to George W. Bush in an online race for $100,000 in campaign contributions. CasinoFortune.com, one of the leading Internet casino sites, continued its nationwide poll amongst Internet gamblers for the upcoming Presidential election. Thus far, over 11,000 voters have logged on and cast a ballot to decide who receives a campaign windfall."
If this is serious, the release does not indicate how a foreign
corporation gets to make contributions to a presidential candidate and
his party.
Smith has rejected the call. BNA has the details here
(paid subscription required). The dispute centers on Smith's views of
how to treat 527 organizations during the upcoming rulemaking decision
of the FEC. BNA quotes McCain as saying that 527s are "openly flouting
the law and openly spending soft money for the express purpose of
influencing the presidential election while the FEC sits on its hands
once again."
See here.
(Thanks to Ed Feigenbaum for the pointer.)
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