Tuesday, August 18, 2015
To comment on the proposed “primary purpose” rule, write the commissioner of political practices at cpprules@mt.gov or P.O. Box 202401, Helena, 59620.
http://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/news/mtleg/taking-control-montana-elections-getting-new-disclosure-rules/article_54292cc2-ce68-5b6a-8233-b5f466cd523b.html
The rules, written by Commissioner of Political Practices Jonathan Motl and currently open for public comment, are meant to strengthen campaign disclosure requirements after the high court threw out Montana’s Corrupt Practices Act,
Montanans for Community Development, a Helena corporation that spends money on elections, has filed a federal lawsuit. Its attorney, James Bopp ....
http://missoulanews.bigskypress.com/missoula/out-of-the-dark/Content?oid=2367895
http://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/news/mtleg/taking-control-montana-elections-getting-new-disclosure-rules/article_54292cc2-ce68-5b6a-8233-b5f466cd523b.html
The rules, written by Commissioner of Political Practices Jonathan Motl and currently open for public comment, are meant to strengthen campaign disclosure requirements after the high court threw out Montana’s Corrupt Practices Act,
Montanans for Community Development, a Helena corporation that spends money on elections, has filed a federal lawsuit. Its attorney, James Bopp ....
http://missoulanews.bigskypress.com/missoula/out-of-the-dark/Content?oid=2367895
James Bopp, the Indiana attorney who won the landmark Citizens United v. Federal Elections Commission case, interrogated Montana's top political cop for nearly seven hours last week, comparing Commissioner of Political Practices Jonathan Motl to a racist Southern sheriff and rebuking his crackdown on conservative groups that have been accused of sabotaging elections with mounds of secret cash.
"It used to be that sheriffs would beat up black people ... just because they arrested them, and then they would say, 'We, of course, follow the law,'" Bopp said at one point, unsatisfied with one of Motl's answers. "So, we're trying to find out the tests you apply."
developing; i expect to add more to this entry.
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