Wisconsin State Journal: Some recoil at using FEC as model for elections overhaul in Wisconsin

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"It's like setting up a disaster-relief agency and saying you're going to use the FEMA handling of Hurricane Katrina as your model," said Larry Noble, former general counsel to the Federal Election Commission. Noble now is senior counsel at a nonpartisan advocacy group, the Campaign Legal Center.

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The problem, Noble and other good-government advocates say, is the FEC doesn't work and hasn't for years -- at least in terms of overseeing and enforcing federal campaign finance laws.

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