Category Archives: campaign finance
“Getting Hillary Clinton’s Message Right on Reform; Report from focus groups of Democratic primary supporters”
Stan Greenberg focus group for Every Voice. (More from David Donnelly.)
“Even As Political Spending Explodes, Disclosure Remains Hazy”
Mary Spicuzza and Jeremy White:
Politicians in Mississippi have used campaign money to pay for such things as a BMW, an RV and $800 cowboy boots.
In Wisconsin, a railroad executive was caught violating contribution limits after an ex-girlfriend… Continue reading
“Court Decision Puts Candidate Contribution Limits at Risk”
AP:
The U.S. Supreme Court’s Citizens United ruling, which allowed unlimited corporate and union election spending, is now being used six years later to fight state limits on how much money individuals and groups can contribute directly to candidates.… Continue reading
“Kasich Backers Knock Trump Ad Off Air in Ohio”
NYT:
Television stations across Ohio are refusing to run advertisements from the Trump campaign that are critical of Gov. John Kasich because of a technical election law violation in the ad.
New Day for America, the “super PAC” supporting… Continue reading
“California tobacco bills spurred hardball political threats”
Sacramento Bee:
Tobacco industry lobbyists threatened to scuttle unrelated ballot initiatives if California lawmakers passed sweeping anti-smoking measures, health advocates said on Friday.
While lawmakers said bills now on Gov. Jerry Brown’s desk to raise the tobacco-buying age to 21… Continue reading
Misssissippi Seeks to Block Robbin Stewart from Filing Amicus Brief in Campaign Disclaimer Case
“Grocery group hid names of donors from public, court rules”
Seattle Post-Intelligencer:
A judge ruled Friday that the Grocery Manufacturer’s Association violated Washington campaign finance disclosure laws by hiding the identities of corporate donors that were funding efforts to defeat a food labeling initiative in Washington.
“This landmark case… Continue reading
“Will Donald Trump reverse course and seek donations for his 2016 bid?”
Matea Gold reports for WaPo.
David Cole on How Local Activism and New Jurisprudence and Scholarship Can Change Campaign Finance
Read David in The Atlantic (and see his related oped in today’s NYT, tied to his new book, Engines of Liberty.)
“Democracy by the People”
Free Speech for People is putting on this event a Seton Hall April 1.
“A Specific Proposal That Helps Give Us a Sense of What Getting Rid of Citizens United Might Entail”
Vik Amar writes for Verdict.
I address why a constitutional amendment is the wrong way to go to fix Citizens United in part 4 of Plutocrats United.
“The FEC and the Case of the LLC”
Bauer:
The Federal Election Commission’s job is hard, harder than many will admit, but the agency somehow manages to make it even harder. So now, five years after the fact,the FEC has decided not to investigate a donor’s alleged… Continue reading
“Trump considering former top Christie money man to help lead party fundraising”
WaPo:
Donald Trump is taking steps to try to shape the Republican National Committee’s fundraising operation if he secures the GOP presidential nomination, holding initial talks with longtime party fundraiser Ray Washburne about leading the effort.
Washburne, a former… Continue reading