Mayberry for Congress Advisory Opinion Approved

Update on the previous post, the Federal Election Commission approved the advisory opinion discussed here without substantive change.

Commissioner Weintraub noted that the result seems incredibly bizzare, but since the law and regs dictate this result, the AO was approved. Nearly all the Commissioners objected to the AO on various grounds, but without a change in the law, there is little to be done.

Bizzare regulatory results should point to a need to revisit law and regulations. The subject matter of this AO is being reconsidered as the FEC today also approved a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking notice on electioneering communications to be published soon in the Federal Register.