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<p>Up to <a href="http://hotlineblog.nationaljournal.com/archives/2007/10/ca_dems_want_fe.html">no good</a>:</p>
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<p>CA Dem activists filed an FEC complaint 10/1 about a $175K donation given to a GOP-friendly CA ballot initiative by Rudy Giuliani &#8217;08 regional finance chair Paul Singer.</p>
<p>The complaint seeks FEC and DOJ opinions of whether Singer&#8217;s money possibly violated the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act. Named as the complaint&#8217;s respondents are Giuliani and Singer, a NY hedge fund billionaire and GOP donor who&#8217;s very tight with the ex-NYC mayor.</p>
<p>Singer indirectly gave $175K in seed money to the creators of The Presidential Election Reform Act, which if passed by voters in 6/08 would change CA&#8217;s electoral votes from winner-take-all to being allocated by congressional district.</p>
<p>Singer confirmed to New York&#8217;s Daily News last week that he funded the initiative&#8217;s group, Californians for Equal Representation. </p>
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