CILLIZZA ON LEVINTHAL REPORT. WP. “Average people — heck, average political junkies — have either never heard of the FEC, don’t really know what it does or both. But, remember this is the rule-making and rule-enforcing entity for all federal money in politics.”

CO: RULING IN CASE. CSindy.com. “The Colorado Court of Appeals has reaffirmed and expanded a lower court’s ruling that rejected looser campaign finance rules enacted by Secretary of State Scott Gessler, saying Gessler lacked the authority to make the changes.” The opinion is from a few days ago and is online here.

MI: SUPPORT FOR BILL. MLive.com. “One of the last bills to be passed by the Legislature this year offers a tremendous opportunity for Gov. Snyder. With one stroke of the pen, he can answer the calls of both Constitutional conservatives and liberal reform advocates.”

MT: FINE IN DISCLAIMER CASE. The Missoulian. “The Montana commissioner of political practices has found Missoula businessman John Suprock in violation of the state’s campaign finance and practices laws and rules – and fined him $100.”

NM: COURT RULES ON LIMITS. Artesa News. “The state Republican Party, GOP lawmakers and others have been handed a victory by a federal appeals court as they continue to challenge New Mexico’s cap on certain campaign contributions.” The opinion is here.

HAVE A GREAT DAY. I’ll send around the next set of links on Monday. Have a great weekend.