Martin Did Not Disclose Large Email List As An Asset When Dissolving SaveAB.com

A new document obtained via Sunshine request from the Attorney General's office show that Ed Martin did not disclose his list of 85,000 petition signers and their personal data as an asset when he dissolved the "SaveAB.com for America" corporation in December 2008.

Last month, Martin used that list to send an email to about 40,000 people on behalf of his Congressional campaign.  He also relaunched the SaveAB.com website to support his federal campaign. 

According to an election law expert quoted in the AP, Martin's move would have been clearly out of bounds if the corporation still techinically existed -- but since the corporation was technically dissolved, the legality of it all is a tad confusing. 

When Martin created the SaveAB.com for America nonprofit corporation, he stated in documents filed with the Secretary of State that all of the corporation's assets would be distributed to "charity" when the corporation was dissolved. However, when the entity was dissolved, Martin told the Attorney General's office that he had "no assets" to turn over to a charity. But as any campaign that wants to buy or rent another entity's email list knows (or should), an email list is an asset that has to be bought, rented or somehow accounted for because it has real value.