Monday’s political law links–>

ONLINE FUND$.   POL.  “Democratic House candidates raised more than $35.8 million online in August, according to a POLITICO analysis of Federal Election Commission data from ActBlue, the Democratic online fundraising platform. That’s up nearly sixfold from House Democrats’ online total of $6.2 million in August 2016, during the last election.”

CASE DISMISSED.    L10.  “A federal judge dismissed a Federal Election Commission lawsuit against former Miami-Dade County Congressman David Rivera involving a shell candidate in one of South Florida’s most high-profile political scandals.”

AR:  VIOLATIONS ALLEGED.   MV.  “State Republican Party Executive Director Sarah Jo Reynolds filed the complaint against Lee with the Arkansas Ethics Commission, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported. She alleges that he filed three campaign finance reports late during his primary campaign, violated a corporate contributions ban by accepting what she contends was an “in-kind donation” of food and drink from a Little Rock restaurant, and failed to include ‘paid for by’ disclosures on his yard signs.”

CO:  CANDIDATE NAMED.   RH.  “On Thursday, Dan Sapienza, candidate for the Larimer County Clerk and Recorder’s Office, filed a campaign finance complaint against incumbent candidate Angela Myers over the use of a county-reimbursed cellphone as her primary point of contact for her re-election campaign.”

OH:  FLIGHT QUESTIONS.   ABC.  “A Republican congressman vying for U.S. Senate in Ohio has used a strip-club owner’s private plane to fly to campaign events, campaign finance records show.”

PA:  DECISIONS QUESTIONED.   YDR.  “Some of the biggest questions in the race for Pennsylvania governor this year focus on Scott Wagner’s financial decisions.”

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Today’s Political Law Links

BIDEN TRIP OFFER.   CNBC.  “Former Vice President Joe Biden’s political action committee is using a trip contest to encourage small dollar contributions from individual donors.”

REQUIRE AN ETHICS PLEDGE?   FS.  “Recently introduced legislation would require federal political appointees in the executive branch to sign a binding ethics pledge after taking office.”

MA:  RUNNING ON FUMES.   GT.  “A ballot initiative aimed at curbing political spending by outside groups is running on fumes, with less than six weeks to go until the election.”

MI:  VIOLATION ALLEGED.   WHMI.  “An email and letter distributed by the founder of a local charter school district appears to be a violation of Michigan election law.”

MN:  NEW DASHBOARD.  MP.  “Minnesota is going to see a lot of campaign fundraising this year. To help make sense of all this, we’re keeping track of two key numbers — amount raised by the candidates and cash on hand.”

NH:  ENDORSEMENT ON CAMPAIGN FINANCE.   SSO.  “A political action committee that advocates for campaign finance reform announced Tuesday it’s endorsing Molly M. Kelly in her run for governor.”

UT:  REFUNDS TO BE MADE.   STL.  “Nathan Evershed, the Republican candidate for Salt Lake County district attorney, will return at least $36,000 in campaign donations after being found in violation of contribution caps by the Salt Lake County clerk.”

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Political law links for today, 9-26-18

DISCLOSURE RULES IN EFFECT.   VENABLE.  “While the full effect of the ruling may not be known for some time, groups in the throes of an election season suddenly have to reconsider their electoral spending plans and fundraising practices, and donors to politically active 501(c)(4) social welfare organizations or 501(c)(6) business leagues have to account for an increased risk that their donations will be publicly disclosed.”

R STREET ON L PACS.   WP.  “Although the law prohibits members from using their campaign committee money for personal use, the Federal Election Commission does not enforce similar restrictions on leadership PACs. The result is that leadership PACs have essentially become slush funds, and almost every member of Congress has one.”

KY:  ATTORNEY HIRING.   WKU.  “Spectrum News’ Pure Politics first reported that Jerry Lundergan has retained Marc Elias, a high-profile political attorney who served as legal advisor to Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential bid.  He has also represented the Democratic National Committee and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.”

MS:  COUNTY LOBBYIST QUESTION.   SH.  “Councilmen last week questioned why the city should renew a contract for a lobbyist at $10,000 a month when the council has no report of progress or future plans.”

PA:  CASINO CONTRIBUTION LAW.   TL.  “Last week, a U.S. district judge said the state law that stopped casino owners and other gambling industry affiliates from making the donations was too wide a net and thus unconstitutional.”

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