Category Archives: campaign finance

“Group picks Alaska to challenge unlimited campaign donations”

February 7, 2018, 7:39 pmcampaign financeRick Hasen

AP: A national group is focusing on Alaska in a bid to get the U.S. Supreme Court to revisit a 2010 decision that upended how campaigns are run in this country. The court decision paved the way for corporations and… Continue reading

Breaking: FEC Commissioner Goodman Resigns, Leaving FEC with Barely a Quorum and an Uncertain Future

February 7, 2018, 8:24 amcampaign finance, federal election commissionRick Hasen

Lee Goodman, who has been a strong force for deregulating campaign finance law at the Federal Election Commission, has tendered his resignation. (You can listen to my interview with Commissioner Goodman on the ELB Podcast.) With the loss… Continue reading

“Campaign Finance System Of Big Money Now Overshadows Watergate-Era Reforms”

February 7, 2018, 7:16 amcampaign financeRick Hasen

Peter Overby reports for NPR on the findings of the Bauer-Ginsberg-Persily report.

“Seattle finds Facebook in violation of city campaign finance law”

February 5, 2018, 12:59 pmcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

David Ingram for Reuters: Seattle’s election authority said on Monday that Facebook Inc is in violation of a city law that requires disclosure of who buys election ads, the first attempt of its kind to regulate U.S. political ads on… Continue reading

“About 25% of Trump’s Re-election Spending Continues to Go to Lawyers”

February 2, 2018, 7:52 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

NYT: President Trump’s re-election campaign raised $15.2 million in the last three months of last year, and spent $1.2 million on legal fees — with much of the cash going to law firms responding to investigations of Russian meddling in… Continue reading

5th Circuit Upholds Austin TX Campign Contribution Limits, Strikes Down Law Limiting Timing for Making Contributions, and Doesn’t Reach Ban on Contributions from Outside Austin Area

February 1, 2018, 11:22 amcampaign financeRick Hasen

Unanimous decision.

“Lesson of 2017: Political campaign season truly never ends”

February 1, 2018, 6:57 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

CPI reports.

Today’s Must Read: “Zombie Campaigns: The campaign is over. The candidate might be dead. But the spending never stops.”

January 31, 2018, 4:15 pmcampaign finance, campaigns, chicanery, federal election commissionRick Hasen

This is something from the Tampa Bay Times: IT’S BEEN MORE THAN A DECADE since South Florida Rep. Mark Foley was forced out of Congress for sending sexual text messages to teenage boys. But Foley tapped his congressional campaign fund… Continue reading

“CLC Report: U.S. Elections Remain Vulnerable to Foreign Influence”

January 31, 2018, 9:39 amcampaign finance, campaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

Release: Today, Campaign Legal Center (CLC) released a report detailing the vulnerabilities of American elections to foreign interference that were exposed in the 2016 presidential election. The report outlines solutions for addressing this most urgent issue, which would protect… Continue reading

“Klobuchar Accuses Tech Companies of Stalling ‘Honest Ads’ Bill”

January 31, 2018, 7:13 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

Bloomberg BNA: The primary sponsor of legislation to require more information about who’s paying to get voters’ attention says her online advertising bill probably is going nowhere in this election year. Gathering enough support to get the bill enacted is… Continue reading

CLC Hosting Call-in on Wednesday About Danger of Foreign Interference with the 2018 Elections

January 30, 2018, 12:57 pmcampaign finance, campaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

Details to RSVP.

“Draft FEC Rules Target Political Ads on Social Media”

January 30, 2018, 10:06 amcampaign finance, federal election commissionRick Hasen

Bloomberg: The U.S. Federal Elections Commission is moving forward with a plan to introduce new rules on political advertising on social media ahead of the 2018 election cycle. The commission has a working draft of the rules in front of… Continue reading