WHAT’S UP IN WI. NBC. “Prosecutors have alleged that Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker — up for re-election this year and mentioned as a possible presidential candidate — was part of a ‘wide-ranging scheme’ that illegally coordinated fundraising for the 2011-2012 recalls in the state, newly released documents show.”
BITCOIN DONATION TOOL. TechPresident. “The Democratic campaign technology provider NGP-VAN has now integrated a Bitcoin contribution option to its fundraising platform.”
FEC GC UPDATE. Yahoo. “The Federal Election Commission soon marks a dubious anniversary: one year with nobody directing its legal department.”
LOBBYIST FOR $4.95. WP. “Now a recently launched start-up called Amplify’d plans to combine many of those things into one cleverly conceived business. All you have to do is pay $4.95 to get your own personal lobbyist — sort of.”
DE: CFR LANGUISHES. DE Online. “Good government groups and lawmakers on Wednesday pushed for passage of legislation that attempts to provide additional transparency to campaign finance practices in Delaware before lawmakers finish their current session on June 30.”
FL: COMPLAINT FILED. Miami Herald. “The complaint by Juston Johnson, executive director of the Republican Party of Florida, alleges a cause-and-effect between Crist’s appointment of a Morgan & Morgan partner to a judicial nominating commission seat and Crist taking a six-figure job at the high-profile personal injury law firm. That, Republicans say, violates an ethics provision that bars an official from taking any action with the ‘promise of future employment.'”
MI: REFORMS THAT WON’T HAPPEN. MLive.com. “The political reform movement in the U.S. is broadly defined and mostly unorganized behind a single issue, but some common themes can be seen…”
NY: CAR ADS IN RACE. D&C. “The ad does not mention that Funke is a Republican running for state Senate, nor does it contain any hint of politics or Americana. The balloons in the showroom from which Funke speaks are not even red, white and blue.”
NY: CFR BLAME GAME. WSJ. “Gov. Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders said Wednesday they are no longer pursuing a broad overhaul of New York state’s campaign-finance laws, which allow some of the highest donations to politicians in the nation.”
SC: REFORM UPDATE. State. “The Senate failed to take a vote on an ethics bill Thursday the final day of the legislative session, killing the biggest possible change in laws regulating legislators in two decades.”
WV: NEW COMMISSION MEMBERS. MetroNews. “Governor Earl Ray Tomblin is working on a deadline. By law, he has just more than a week to appoint the nine people who will make up the newly restructured state Ethics Commission.”
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