DAWN OF THE DEAD DONORS.  HuffPo.  “Some citizens are donating sizably to political campaigns despite being dead, a Monday report by USA Today found.”

COLLUSION IN THE NEWS.  CNN.  “The vice chairman of the Federal Election Commission told CNN on Monday he has seen numerous undisclosed e-mails between FEC staffers and the Internal Revenue Service that raise new questions about potential collusion between the two federal agencies in the alleged targeting of conservative political groups.”

SUPER PAC COMPLIANCE ISSUE.  Roll Call.  “Liberty For All Action Fund, a libertarian-oriented super PAC, failed to include in their initial 2012 July 15 report two contributions from John Ramsey, an undergraduate student at Stephen F. Austin University in Nacogdoches, Texas.”

NYC:  LIU DENIED.  The Times.  “Three months after a federal jury convicted two of his former associates for participating in an illegal fund-raising scheme, the New York City Campaign Finance Board voted Monday to withhold as much as $3.5 million in public funds to the mayoral campaign of John C. Liu, the city comptroller.”

SC:  WINE, DINE, 95 TIMES.  Story here.  “In the 66 days of this year’s regular legislative session, corporations and special interest groups catered almost 100 meals and receptions for legislators and state officials.”

TN:  LOBBYIST CONTINGENT FEE QUESTIONS.  Story here.  “An audit conducted by the Tennessee Ethics Commission says that a lobbyist receiving 10 percent of the state funding provided to the Tennessee Disability Coalition — more than $64,000 in one year — ‘appears to be in violation’ of a state law banning lobbyist ‘contingency fees.'”

VA:  SPECIAL ETHICS SESSION?  The Post.  “Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli II urged Gov. Robert F. McDonnell on Monday to call a special General Assembly session to repair ‘severe holes’ in the state’s ethics laws.”

HAVE A GREAT DAY.