In the category of Never let them get away with saying “yes, but the law will never be applied in that way.”
From Thurber's Thoughts, a blogger critical of the local county board of elections who uses only his own funds to run his blog has caught up in campaign finance transparency laws. It is intended to provide information on backers of election campaigns, not to silence independent individual political speech.
In an apparent retaliatory action against an outspoken critic, the Geauga County Board of Elections charged independent blogger Ed Corsi with violating campaign finance laws. The elections board forwarded a complaint to the Ohio Elections Commission (OEC), where Corsi faces fines of up to $1,000 a day.
From the filing it sounds as if they think he is an organization
Law of Legislation #1: Given the power, someone will use it.
Law of Legislation #2: Regulation of this sort is impossible to get right
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