Category Archives: Maine

Political law links for Thurs., Jan. 26, 2012

SUPER PAC PRIMER. Covington’s super PAC primer is online here. SUPER PAC FINANCING.  CBS.  “Sheldon and Miriam Adelson are among the richest couples in the world with a fortune Forbes estimated at $23 billion, and they’re bankrolling the super PAC … Continue reading

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Happy HLOGA-versary and more political law links today

“I SHOULD HAVE VOTED AT A HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS.”  Story here.  “The Maine Republican Party says 19 people who registered to vote on Election Day 2004 used a Holiday Inn Express in South Portland as their home address.” LIGHTSQUARED RULES FAST-TRACKED.  … Continue reading

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Lobbying for Egypt, what the FEC did, and other Friday political law links

LOBBYIST SWITCH FOR EGYPT? Roll Call reports.  “The government of Egypt has fallen, but its lobbyists in the U.S. soldier on.” K STREET PRIMARY. It’s undecided.  “Many K Street insiders are close to several of the likely contenders and are … Continue reading

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Foreign convention involvement and other political law news for this morning

CONVENTION AND HOST COMMITTEE FUNDING.   The AP covers recent developments on the Democratic convention  here.   I don’t know anything about the site called DemConWatch.com, but they quote a document purporting to list the restrictions on host committee donations.  It looks … Continue reading

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Political activity law A.M. report for Tuesday, Jan. 4

Good morning. Here are a few political law items to start your day. In the mailbag The latest edition of Womble Carlyle’s Political GPS is available here. The January 2011 edition of State & Federal’s e-newsletter is online here. The … Continue reading

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