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Welcome to the Holtzman Vogel Law Blog. We aim to keep you
up to date on important legal developments and other items of interest. On this
blog, we'll track developments in the news and changes to the rules and regulations
affecting political committees, corporate PACs, trade associations, non-profit groups
and advocacy organizations. We'll also keep you updated on the lobbying and ethics
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Monday, April 05, 2010
New Campaign Finance Law in Arizona
The Arizona Capitol Times reports "Gov. Jan Brewer on April 1 signed a bill that requires extensive disclosure of campaign spending by corporations and labor unions....The bill, H2788, requires corporations and labor unions to file campaign finance reports with the Arizona Secretary of State’s Office within one day of spending an aggregate of $5,000 on a statewide race, $2,500 in a legislative race and $1,000 in a local or county race."
The new law is available here.
Saturday, March 13, 2010
Arizona's Secretary of State Wants New Disclosure Law
Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett argues for more disclosure here.
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
USA Today: States weigh campaign-finance changes
From USA Today: "State lawmakers around the country are rushing to rewrite campaign-finance laws following the U.S. Supreme Court's recent ruling that opened the door to unlimited corporate and union money in elections and upended laws in nearly half the states." With brief updates from Iowa, Maryland, Arizona, Minnesota and Colorado.
Click here to read the entire post.
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Arizona Republic: Federal judge strikes down Ariz. matching funds
The Arizona Republic reports "A U.S. District Court judge has declared a portion of an Arizona program that gives candidates public money for their campaigns unconstitutional - and she has given the system's defenders 10 days to convince a higher court otherwise. Judge Roslyn Silver ruled Wednesday that a portion of the state's 12-year-old Clean Elections system should be shut down. But her 10-day delay in implementing the ruling gives the Arizona Citizens Clean Elections Commission time to appeal."
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Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Judge Upholds Finding that Democratically-Elected Arizona State Representative Must Forfeit Office Due To Campaign Finance Violations
The Arizona Republic reports "For the second time this year, a state authority has determined that Rep. Doug Quelland must forfeit his office over campaign-finance violations.
On Monday, a state administrative law judge upheld the May finding of the Citizens Clean Elections Commission that Quelland violated a number of campaign-finance laws, including using private funding while running under the state's public campaign-finance scheme, and failing to report a $15,000 contract with political consultant Larry Davis.
The penalty for these violations is removal from office and $30,500 in fines, judge Thomas Shedden concluded.
Quelland's attorney, Tim Casey, said the lawmaker will contest the decision in Maricopa County Superior Court. Until then, Quelland, who was out of town Monday, can continue to serve in the Legislature."
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Wednesday, June 17, 2009
New York Times: Election at a Draw, Arizona Town Cuts a Deck
From the New York Times: "In traditional balloting last month, the voters in Cave Creek could not decide between Mr. Trenk and Mr. McGuire the conventional way, giving each man, even after a recount, 660 votes in a runoff for a seat on the seven-member Council. So, as the state’s Constitution allows, a game of chance was called to break the deadlock. The two candidates agreed on a card game (alternatives from the past have included rolling dice and, on rare occasions, gunfights). Mr. Trimble said a cutting of the cards or roll of the dice had decided ties a handful of times in Arizona local elections. Tie-breakers have also been tried in other states, including in recent years in Alaska and Minnesota, said Paul Fidalgo, a spokesman for FairVote, a Washington group that monitors and advocates for fair elections."
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Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Arizona Republic: Clean Elections panel votes to oust legislator
From the Arizona Republic: "State Rep. Doug Quelland, who touted the benefits of public-campaign finance to a national audience, faces removal from office and thousands of dollars in fines for violations of the very law he promoted. A state panel on Friday voted 4-1 to oust Quelland from the state House of Representatives and to levy $45,500 in fines for violating the state's public-finance laws, which regulate campaign expenditures. It's only the second time that a sitting official whose campaign was financed by public dollars has been ousted by the Citizens Clean Elections Commission." Quelland's violations include using corporate funds for his campaign (which is unlawful for publicly-funded campaigns) and exceeding the applicable campaign spending limit.
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Friday, May 01, 2009
AP: Campaign finance case could oust Ariz. legislator
AP reports "A state legislator is accused of illegally and secretly augmenting his public campaign funding with private cash to pay an election consultant. With the consultant saying it's true and the legislator denying it, a state official says 'someone is lying.' The outcome of the case pending before the state Citizens Clean Elections Commission will decide whether Rep. Doug Quelland, R-Phoenix, is ousted from his state House seat and face hefty fines."
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