Political Activity Law/Political Law/Election Law

Category: FEC

  • 6-5 political law links

    SNAPCHAT 16.  WP.  “Presidential candidates Rand Paul, Martin O’Malley and Marco Rubio are regular users. Hillary Clinton’s campaign hasn’t yet joined in, but House Republicans have their own account.”

    CONVENTION RULES FOCUS.  MJ.  “To date, the Democratic National Committee hasn’t had a single donor contribute the maximum amount of $334,000 or even crack six figures. But five major GOP donors have maxed out in donations to the RNC, and more than a dozen others have ponied up at least six figures.”

    DOJ AND NEW CLIMATE.  Reuters.  “White House hopefuls raking in record amounts of money in the 2016 U.S. presidential race are already being accused by watchdog groups of breaking campaign fundraising laws.”

    SUPER PAC LAUNCH.  TT.  “A super PAC supporting Rick Perry’s presidential campaign is wasting no time going on the air in early-voting Iowa, launching the first major ad buy of its kind for the primary season.”

    PAC SHUTDOWN.  Politico.  “Dick Morris has shut down his eponymous super PAC aimed at keeping Hillary Clinton from winning the presidency.”

    CT:  OVERHAUL REJECTED.  Courant.  “On a party line vote Tuesday, the Democrat-controlled state Senate rejected a proposal that would have limited wealthy donors’ ability to inject money into publicly-funded campaigns.”

    MA:  LAW SEMINAR.  Masslive.  “Candidates for municipal office and the public are invited to attend an informational seminar regarding campaign finance reporting on Monday, June 8, at the Springfield Central Library.”

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  • 6-4 political law links

    CALL FOR VOTING CHANGES.  WP.  “Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton plans to call for an early voting period of at least 20 days in every state.”

    SUPER PAC HAUL.  CNN.  “Three of the top ten conservative donors in the last presidential election are giving to the super PACs supporting Ted Cruz that now claim to have raised more than $37 million to support his bid, a shocking haul and donor list for such a populist Republican candidate amid a crowded 2016 field.”

    NJ:  COMPLAINT FILED.  NJ.com.  “New Jersey’s campaign finance watchdog agency has filed a complaint against former Democratic gubernatorial candidate Barbara Buono for allegedly illegally using her state Senate campaign account to aid her gubernatorial campaign.”

    OR:  STUDY LIMITS.  GLPDX.  “The Ninth Circuit ruled on May 26 that states can cap political donors’ campaign contributions only if they can show that those limits are preventing corruption or the appearance of corruption. The court’s decision involved Montana’s campaign contribution limits. The Ninth Circuit covers nine western states, including Oregon, Washington, and California.”

    WA:  WHAT BILL WOULD DO.  CC.  “If passed, Seattle voters would receive four $25 vouchers apiece to give to the candidate or candidates of their choice.”

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  • 6-3 political law links

    POLLING AND REFORM.  USAT.  “Americans of both political parties oppose the unlimited money flowing into U.S. elections, and the vast majority support overhauling the way political campaigns are funded, a New York Times/CBS News poll out Tuesday finds.”

    REFORM AND THE WORKING CLASS.  MJ.  “Stan Greenberg says that white working-class voters aren’t lost to the Democratic Party.”

    HUCKABEE ON THE SYSTEM.  Hill.  “‘Prohibit nothing, disclose everything, and disclose it on the spot and let the voters make up their mind,’ he said Tuesday on MSNBC’s ‘Morning Joe.’”

    WARREN ON WHITE.  RC.  “In the aftermath of a meeting last month between Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Securities and Exchange Commission Chairwoman Mary Jo White, the Massachusetts Democrat is detailing her disappointment with the top securities regulator, including about campaign finance.”

    SUPER PAC PUSH.  NYDN.  “Democratic Action 2016, a pro-Clinton superPAC, is throwing twin fundraising events for the Democratic former Secretary of State this week.”

    SUPPORT FOR RULEMAKING.  HLS Forum Corp. Governance and Fin. Reg.  “We are pleased to report that a bipartisan group of three distinguished former SEC Commissioners—former Chairman William Donaldson, former Chairman Arthur Levitt, and former Commissioner Bevis Longstreth—last week submitted to the SEC a letter urging the Commission to move forward with the rulemaking we proposed in our petition on corporate political spending.”

    MT:  RESURRECTING COMPLAINT.  DIL.  “Montana’s commissioner of political practices, Jonathan Motl, has announced that he is resurrecting a complaint filed against GOP gubernatorial candidate Rick Hill in 2012.”

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