“Grassroots Money Beats Amazon in Seattle; ‘Democracy dollars’ and an influx of small donations powered progressive city council members to victory over corporate money.”
Nick Nyhart and Adam Eichen at TAP.
Category Archives: campaign finance
“Bloomberg Will Spend $100 Million on Anti-Trump Online Ad Blitz”
Parnas and Fruman Got Access to Trump to Call for Dumping Ambassador By Promising Big Contribution to Trump Super PAC
WaPo:
The April 2018 dinner was designed to be an intimate affair, an opportunity for a handful of big donors to a super PAC allied with President Trump to personally interact with the president and his eldest son.In an exclusive… Continue reading
“AP Exclusive: Steyer aide offered money for endorsements”
AP:
A top aide to Democratic presidential candidate Tom Steyer in Iowa privately offered campaign contributions to local politicians in exchange for endorsing his White House bid, according to multiple people with direct knowledge of the conversations.The overtures from Pat… Continue reading
“Our Campaign Finance Nationalism”
Gene Mazo has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, Pepperdine Law Review). Here is the abstract:
This Article chronicles the history, structure, and contours of our “campaign finance nationalism.” I use this term to describe a system in which the… Continue reading
Supreme Court May Decide to Hear Major Campaign Finance Case This Week
As early as Friday, the Supreme Court could announce it will hear a case that could put the nail into coffin of limits on campaign contributions to candidates. Here’s my preview in The Atlantic from last summer about this Paul… Continue reading
“Empower the FEC to Fight Election Crime; A depleted commission faces threats from Russia and beyond.”
“Amid troubles, Trump has huge cash advantage for 2020; But Democrats have already raised $700 million from small-dollar donors giving $200 or less”
Kate Ackley for Roll Call.
“First Amendment (Un)Exceptionalism: A Comparative Taxonomy of Campaign Finance Reform Proposals in the US and UK”
Lori Ringhand has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, Ohio State L.J.). Here is the abstract:
There is an urgent conversation happening among the world’s democracies about how to respond to the combined threat of online electioneering and foreign interference… Continue reading
“Democratic Strategists Set Up $75 Million Digital Campaign to Counter Trump”
NYT:
A progressive organization is plunging itself into the presidential campaign, unveiling plans to spend $75 million on digital advertising to counter President Trump’s early spending advantage in key 2020 battleground states.The effort, by a nonprofit group called Acronym and… Continue reading
“Halloween’s Over. The FEC? Still a Zombie”
CPI:
These are dark times at the Federal Election Commission, which has now gone two months without enough commissioners to enforce federal campaign finance laws. That’s because U.S. senators and President Donald Trump have failed to strike an agreement to… Continue reading
New York: “Minor parties fear state commission trying to secure more power for major parties”
Newsday:
The panel is charged with developing a voluntary system of using state funds to help pay for political campaigns, but Cuomo and other legislative leaders also tasked the commission with looking at the merits of fusion voting. The… Continue reading
Payday Lenders Group Confirms It Is Buying Ingratiation and And Access to Trump Administration (Don’t Worry, Justice Kennedy Told Us)
WaPo:
Billing himself as one of President Trump’s top fundraisers, Michael Hodges told fellow payday lenders recently that industry contributions to the president’s reelection campaign could be leveraged to gain access to the Trump administration.“Every dollar amount, no matter… Continue reading
“CREW Exposes Dark Money Donors including Thiel, DeVos and Adelson”
CREW:
Following a historic victory against dark money by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), Americans for Job Security (AJS) has released its donors from 2010 through 2012, including major contributions from Peter Thiel, Richard and Helen DeVos,… Continue reading