Public Campaign's Nick Nyahrt will join Connecticut Reps. John Larson and Elizabeth Esty, and Common Cause's Karen Hobert Flynn at a forum tonight in Farmington, CT on money in politics.

Campaign Finance/Fair Elections
Election Law Blog: Public Citizen applauds 70 members of Congress who urge the SEC to require disclosure of corporate political spending
"Public Citizen applauds the 70 members of the U.S. House of Representatives, led by Reps. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Michael Capuano (D-Mass.), who sent a letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) today urging it to follow through on its stated agenda and require disclosure of political spending by corporations."

Roll Call: Attorneys for Bachmann, consultant say ethics allegations unfounded
The Office of Congressional Ethics is looking into Michele Bachmann's presidential run. Politico, NYT, The Hill.

Campaign Legal Center: GOP heading back to the future
Paul Ryan at CLC on the recent RNC report: "When it comes to campaign finance policy, the RNC apparently believes that the path forward is a journey back in time to the pre-McCain-Feingold era..."

Congress/Admin
Politico: DCCC raffles meeting with Obama
"The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is taking a page from the Obama campaign playbook and raffling off a meeting with President Barack Obama."

Roll Call: DCCC courts donors at annual issues conference
"The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee hosted its third annual New York Issues Conference on Saturday, featuring access to top lawmaker panels for its supporters."

USA Today: Ex-lawmakers go to lobbying-related jobs
"Sixteen lawmakers who left Congress recently have landed posts with groups that seek to influence policy — despite rules aimed at slowing the revolving door between Capitol Hill and lobbying firms, a USA TODAY analysis shows."

The Hill: Facebook’s Zuckerberg to launch lobby group with Washington consultants
Hmm: "Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is helping launch a new lobbying organization with a group of prominent Washington political consultants and tech executives."

CPI: Pro-Rand Paul PAC to amplify conservative message
"Stand With Rand PAC is 'in its embryotic stage' and doesn't yet have a fundraising goal, but Willenbrock hopes to raise enough money to produce advertisements — both in and out of election season — that 'educate the public on conservative principle.'"

The Hill: Pro-marijuana super PAC launched
"Two California men have launched a pro-marijuana super-PAC to fight for legalizing the drug. The Legalize Marijuana Super PAC.com is the first of its kind in the country."

Tampa Bay Tribune: Friend of U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan evades prison time for illegal fundraising
Friend of Vern Buchanan sentenced for straw donor scheme: "A federal judge in Jacksonville last week sentenced Mobley to three years' probation and fined him $200,000 for making illegal contributions to Buchanan's campaigns and the Republican Party of Florida."

Yahoo: Petition seeks to outfit members of House, Senate with NASCAR-style patches
"A petition on WhiteHouse.gov seeks to require members of Congress to wear the logos of their financial supporters on their clothing a la NASCAR drivers."

Politico: Ralph Nader: Billionaires to party in 2016
Ralph Nader in 2016: "But there are some mega-billionaires who are seriously considering running third party. And the minute a mega-billionaire announces, like Ross Perot, they get enormous press, they get the polls and they are in play.”

Sunlight: Newt Gingrich forms joint fundraising PAC
Probs to pay off debt: "Sunlight's Follow the Unlimited Money tracker turned up a registration for the not-so-modestly named "Committee for America," which has been established as a joint fundraising committee for Newt 2012, the ex-speaker's presidential campaign, and the American Legacy Political Action Committee."

Also, any guesses on what this new super PAC in Kentucky, founded by a Republican election lawyer, will be working on? McConnell?

Other/States
AP: Arkansas governor vetoes bill requiring voters to show photo identification at polls
I think the legislature can override the veto with a simple majority vote, but still, good to see. Gov. Beebe: "I cannot approve such an unnecessary measure that would negatively impact one of our most precious rights as citizens."