Here are the Wed., 6-8 political law links

TECH GIVING.  CNN.  “There are just 52 tech industry workers who have made political contributions to Trump, according to data from Crowdpac, which rates candidates based on things like speeches, voting records and campaign finance data.”

SANDERS ACCOMPLISHMENT.  Yahoo.  “He lost. But the presidential bid of Democrat Bernie Sanders was historic in at least one way: He appears to have raised more money for his campaign than any other candidate, including fellow Democrat Hillary Clinton, one of the most adept fundraisers in politics.”

CA:  ALLEGED COORDINATION.  HTS.  “The allegation accuses Acosta’s campaign with illegal communications between Acosta’s campaign and Grow Elect, ‘a political action committee founded in late 2011 that is dedicated to recruiting, training, advising, and funding qualified Latino Republican candidates for state and local offices in California.'”

MA:  LOBBYING FORCE.  BG.  “By 2018, three resort casinos are slated to open in Massachusetts, lavish developments that will create thousands of jobs and bring in hundreds of millions in new revenue for the state government.”

MT:  SIGN COMPLIANCE.  GFT.  “The commissioner of political practices on Friday told a candidate in the Senate District 15 race that while her opponent has not done a ‘perfect’ job in putting all the necessary information on his campaign signs, he was meeting the intent of the law.”

NH:  A MESS.  UL.  “Campaign finance laws are castle walls erected by incumbents to keep the barbarians out.”

NY:  HOWE DISTANCE.  NYP.  “Gov. Cuomo’s renewed effort to distance himself from lobbyist and longtime associate Todd Howe flies in the face of Howe’s continuous role as a member of Cuomo’s ‘inner circle,’ a source close to US Attorney Preet Bharara’s corruption probe told The Post.”

RI:  REFORM PASSES.  NPB.  “The General Assembly has completed passage of a lobbying reform act today after the House of Representatives approved Sen. Erin Lynch Prata’s legislation (2016-S 2361 Sub A) that reforms the state’s general laws on lobbying.  Rep. Robert B. Jacquard’s companion legislation (2016-H 7388 Sub A) passed the Senate last week and now both bills head to Governor Raimondo’s office for action.”

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Good morn., here are today’s political law links – Tues., 6-7

P/G FUNDS.  LAT.  “When a candidate is running for a seat in Congress they raise money to fund two different elections: first the primary and, if they make it, the general election.  A single campaign contributor can give a maximum donation of $2,700 toward each one of those elections.”

VAN HOLLEN SPARS.  BaltSun.  “Republican Senate nominee Kathy Szeliga, a state lawmaker from Baltimore County, has scheduled a fundraiser tonight in Carroll County with David Bossie, who helped to orchestrate the 2010 Supreme Court decision Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, which allowed nonprofits to spend unlimited money on elections.”

SLOW TO DISCLOSE.  NBC.  “Under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA), which Congress passed in 1938 out of concern about the spread of propaganda, lobbyists are supposed to notify the Justice Department within 10 days of agreeing to represent a foreign entity.”

FIRM’S LOBBYING SPENDING.  WFB.  “Venezuela’s state-owned oil company has spent millions since 2014 lobbying against U.S. sanctions, an effort that produced at least one notable win when a Democratic senator quietly insulated the company’s U.S. arm from those sanctions, public records show.”

CA:  CALL TO LIFT LIMITS.  F&H.  “The idea that others besides the responsible parties, the candidate and her or his team, have the greatest impact on a campaign is what’s eating at the foundation of democracy.”

FL:  MOVE TO CHANGE RULES.  TB.  “When the Legislature reorganizes every two years, one of its first (and often overlooked) acts is to adopt a set of rules, in an up-and-down vote by the 120 members during a one-day, feel-good organizational session set for Nov. 22, two weeks after America elects a new president. The rules govern day-to-day operations, from filing and amending bills to the conduct of lawmakers and lobbyists.”

FL:  BONDI QUESTION$.  FP.  “The money came from a Trump family foundation in apparent violation of rules surrounding political activities by charities. A political group backing Bondi’s re-election, called And Justice for All, reported receiving the check Sept. 17, 2013 – four days after Bondi publicly announced she was considering joining a New York state probe of Trump University’s activities.”

FL:  FRAUD CASE DROPPED.  ABC.  “Florida’s attorney general personally solicited a political contribution from Donald Trump around the same time her office deliberated joining an investigation of alleged fraud at Trump University and its affiliates.”

MO:  COMPLAINTS FILED.  ABC17.  “Another complaint is filed in the Republican race for Missouri attorney general against candidate Josh Hawley.”

EU:  TRANSPARENCY URGED.  EuroNews.  “Brussels lobbyists have taken the unusual step of admitting the openness around how the seek to influence EU decision-making is neither credible nor robust.”

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This a.m.’s political law links are here

CASE NOT PURSUED.  DP.  “The Federal Election Commission has dismissed allegations against North Dakota Republican leaders and a political action committee over foreign campaign contributions that were refunded after Grand Forks Democrats filed a complaint.”

SUPER PAC PRINCESS LEIA ATTACK?  Newsarama.com.  “The charged climate of the current election cycle seems to be infecting Lucasfilm, as official Star Wars YouTube channel has released a scathing political attack commercial against Carrie Fisher’s Princess Leia circa Star Wars: Return of the Jedi. ”

FRIEND SUPER PAC.  Fortune.  “Tom Barrack, a Los Angeles real estate investor, said in an interview with CNN on Thursday that the group has already received $32 million in financial commitments.”

CA: TRANSPARENCY MOVE.  Bakersfield.com.  “On Tuesday morning, in a routine vote on the consent agenda, the Board of Supervisors is expected to approve a four-year, $120,000 contract with NetFile Inc. to create an electronic campaign finance portal.”

MA:  TODAY IN MILTON.  PL.  “A seminar on state campaign finance laws for candidates for state and local offices and their campaign committees will be held at 6:30 p.m. Monday in the Blute Conference Room of town hall, 525 Canton Ave.”

MT:  PROPER PAYMENTS ARGUED.  IR.  “The Democratic Governors Association has sent nearly two dozen payments to Gov. Steve Bullock and his campaign aides since 2013, including thousands of dollars paid to a current governor’s office staffer and a current Bullock cabinet member.”

MT:  ROBOCALL ISSUES.  Missoulian.  “Robocalls are like the sink full of dirty dishes in Montana elections that nobody wants to wash, except Commissioner of Political Practices Jonathan Motl.”

PA:  WOLF REFORMS.  Triblive.com. “Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf will support legislation to prevent lobbyists from running campaigns, provided it’s part of a broader reform package sought by the governor and House and Senate Democrats, his press spokesman said Thursday.”

SC:  ETHICS STALL.  Herald.  “After four years of debate about how to strengthen the state’s ethics laws, S.C. lawmakers may pass two changes to the rules governing public officials’ behavior later this month.”

TX:  GOING NOWHERE.  TT.  “More than two years after being accused by a political foe of violating state campaign finance laws — including a charge that he improperly paidhimself interest on a campaign loan — Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller says he believes the complaints dating to his days as a state legislator are languishing and will amount to nothing.”

GUATEMALA:  23 ARRESTS IN CAMPAIGN FINANCE CASE.  Fox.  “Twenty-three people were arrested Thursday on charges related to the alleged illegal financing of the political party that carried former President Otto Perez Molina to power, Guatemalan authorities said.”

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