Political law links

NEW SUPER PAC.  Argus Leader.  “Mayday PAC was founded by Harvard professor and political activist Lawrence Lessig — born in Rapid City.”

SUPER PAC CASH.  Bloomberg.  “From Anchorage to Atlanta and Des Moines to Denver, voters are being pummeled by political advertising in states with competitive races for Congress and governorships.”

FL: ALLEGED MISSING REPORT. Saint Peters Blog. “State Sen. Maria Sachs has not filed her campaign financial report for Sept. 13-26, according to the Florida Division of Elections. The report was due at midnight Friday.”

MD:  EXPLAINING CAMPAIGN FINANCE.  Gazette.net.  “Montgomery County became the first jurisdiction in Maryland to pass a local public campaign financing system Sept. 30. Here’s a breakdown of how the new system will work.”

NY:  ASSEMBLYMAN ACCUSED.  Legislative Gazette.  “Queens Democrat William Scarborough was arrested last week and charged with multiple felony counts for allegedly spending campaign money on personal expenses and falsely collecting travel reimbursements.”

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Mon. political law links

CHALLENGE DISMISSED.  Reuters.  “A federal judge in Washington late on Tuesday dismissed a challenge by two state Republican parties of a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission rule that imposes restrictions on asset managers who donate to political campaigns, handing the regulator a victory.”

CANTOR FUNDS.  WP.  “Former House majority leader Eric Cantor, who lost his primary election in June, had nearly $738,208 in his campaign account designated for his general election.”

FL:  CITY PAYS.  OS.  “Apopka spent $132,000 for two firms to lobby state and federal politicians last year.”

NY:  PENSIONS AND POLITICS.  Timesunion.com.  “We’ve recently seen a string of “pay-to-play” scandals in California, New York, and other states, where politically-connected financial executives gain access to public pension money in exchange for political campaign contributions.”

PA:  LAW FLAW.  PPG.  “One of its key enforcement mechanisms is defunct. Other provisions are contradictory: In an apparent oversight, the ordinance omits mayoral and city controller races from the definition of races it covers.”

VA:  ISSUE FOR GOVERNOR’S AIDE.  WP.  “Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s top lieutenant apologized Friday after admitting that he had tried to keep a Democrat from quitting the evenly divided state Senate with the prospect of a lucrative state job for the senator’s daughter.”

VA:  MCAULIFFE AND DEAL.  WP.  “But having spent the past several months affecting shock and outrage at the Republicans’ supposed treachery, Mr. McAuliffe should now explain whether his administration was in fact not doing precisely the same thing.”

VA:  ETHICS REFORM.  WP.  “When it comes to ethics in Virginia, the fight isn’t between Democrats and Republicans. It’s the political class of both parties vs. the public as a whole.”

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Friday’s political law links

LUC ISSUES. Roll Call. “A disclaimer may seem like a rote few seconds in a campaign ad, but failing to follow the specific guidelines could have costly consequences for a candidate.”

TECH AND CAMPAIGNS. Politico. “Preaching bipartisanship, civic responsibility and just good old free-market American capitalism, a small but influential set of consultants is thriving off the growing demand for tech-savvy campaigns determined to find any advantage with potential donors and voters.”

CFR PROTEST. WDRB. “As guests began to arrive at the heavily guarded gate, protesters lined up across the street – moved by police away from entrance.”

LOBBYING WINNERS. In the Capital. “While the year is far from over, one lobbying firm has stuck out in 2014 as a rising star worthy paying attention to. Let’s take a look at Greenberg Traurig.”

CO: PARTY SUPER PAC WIN. CO Independent. “The Colorado Republican Party won the campaign finance lottery this week when it got the go ahead to form an independent expenditure committee, or Super PAC, from Second District Court Judge Robert McGahey.”

GA: RESPONSE TO FINE. WJBF. “Cross agreed to pay a $2,750 fine for failing to submit personal financial information during the years 2009 and 2011, however, the commissioner says he did submit all the necessary paperwork.”

IL: RAHM SUPER PAC. Sun Times. The PAC has raised about $2.4 million.

MA: SUPER PAC ATTACK. Lowell Sun. “Democrat Martha Coakley on Thursday forcefully pushed back against a new Republican-funded super PAC ad that accuses her of turning a blind eye toward child safety, calling it ‘outrageous’ and urging her Republican gubernatorial opponent Charlie Baker to disavow the commercial.”

NJ: FINE PAID. Press of AC. “The New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission originally cited Mancuso for the missing reports in January 2009. It said that during this primary campaign, Mancuso failed to disclose $10,095 of contributions and $4,259 in expenses.”

NY: ARREST. Auburnpub.com. “A longtime state assemblyman from New York City was charged Wednesday with felony counts of using his campaign funds for personal expenses and filing false claims for travel reimbursements.”

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