Mon. political law links

START A SUPER PAC?  Slate.  “The latest iteration is the single-issue vanity super PAC—a group backed by a single, wealthy donor focusing on an issue of national importance, such as climate change or gun violence.”

SUPER PAC CONSEQUENCES.  WP.  “Super PACs have existed in one midterm cycle and one presidential cycle, and are currently going through round two on midterms.”

SHARING STRATEGIES.  Roll Call.  “With each passing election cycle, both parties are figuring out new ways to skirt campaign finance laws.”

HILLARY INC.  Businessweek.  “Super PACs can’t coordinate with or donate to candidates, but they can raise and spend unlimited money on their behalf.”

AZ:  HEARING TODAY.  AZ Capitol Times.  “Nearly two years of investigations and legal wrangling will come to a head Monday when an administrative law judge will hear evidence in the campaign finance allegations against Attorney General Tom Horne and a top aide.”

CO: SUPER PAC FOR PARTIES.  One of the most interesting and consequential developments on the party front is playing out in Colorado.  The Denver Post has coverage here and Colorado Ethics Watch has some of the documents here.

DC:  MORE THOMPSON ALLEGATIONS.  WP.  “The D.C. businessman at the center of a long-running federal corruption investigation secretly spent more than $100,000 to help elect a D.C. Council member in 2008, according to a court filing and people familiar with the case.”

FL:  UPDATE THE SITE.  Tampa Bay Times.  “The 9-year-old system is difficult and cumbersome and it has no provision for tracking the explosion in soft money checks to the candidates and issues the money is intended to target. Campaign finance watchdogs, the National Institute on Money in State Politics, gave the state a D grade for that oversight in a report last year.”

MD:  MESSY.  WP.  “Mr. Gansler’s allies have filed suit to challenge the ruling. Perhaps in the meantime, members of the elections board can intervene to suspend or reverse the ruling made in their name by staffers. Common sense suggests it contravenes the spirit of the campaign finance law. Let the courts decide whether it also violates the letter.”

MT:  CASE UPDATES.  Ravalli Republic.  “In the last eight months, Motl said his office has made 44 decisions on 45 complaints. In 33 of those decisions, the commissioner found sufficient facts to move forward. So far, 14 of those 33 cases have been settled, he said.”

PA:   LIMITS?  The Mercury.  “With all of that said, there still seems to be something very wrong with campaign finance laws that permit an individual to donate $1 million to a candidate. In Pennsylvania, there is no limit on individual political contributions.”

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