Legal Opinion
Kermani v. New York State Board of Elections
District Court, N.D. New York
Decided July 25, 2006No. 1:06-CV-0589 (LEK/DRH)PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM-DECISION AND ORDER 1
KAHN, District Judge.
I. Background
A. Brief History
[Financing elections with private money was a part of American politics before the states even united. In a 1757 race for a seat at Virginia’s House of Burgess, a fresh-faced ex-lieutenant named George Washington “provided his friends with ‘the customary means of winning votes,’ ” delivering a quart and a half of cider, wine and beer to each of the 391 voters in his district.
Benjamin S. Feuer, Comment, Between Political Speech and Cold, Hard Cash: Evaluating the FEC’s New Regulations for 527 Groups, 100 Nw.…
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