Zombie campaigns
A nice
summary here of some of the various reasons why campaign accounts may stay
open long after the campaigners are out of office.
Category Archives: campaign finance
“Thinking small: Why Bernie Sanders and other 2020 candidates seek low-dollar campaign contributions”
And a nice
summary here of some of the various reasons for seeking grassroots
contributions.
“For Democratic presidential hopeful Steve Bullock, it’s all about the ‘dark money’”
Spotlight
on Bullock’s spotlight on campaign finance and the Copper Kings.
“Taking political financing private may be legal, but looks wrong for Gillum”
One Floridian commentator’s take on the flow of funds between PACs and c4s. FWIW, I’m not sure the particular objection highlighted here makes much sense. It protests the funding of a c4 from donations collected for a PAC, on the… Continue reading
“California lawmakers consider new rules for political ads”
The AP reports
on new proposals for disclaimers on Facebook ads about pending legislation.
“Prosecutors unlikely to charge Trump Org executives, sources say”
Reports from CNN and The Hill on potential campaign-finance charges against executives in the Trump Organization.
FWIW, I fully believe that the sources are being accurately quoted, but I’m always pretty skeptical about underlying representations of whether prosecutions are or… Continue reading
“F.E.C. Allows Security Company to Help 2020 Candidates Defend Campaigns”
NYT:
The Federal Election Commission said on Thursday that a Silicon Valley security company could immediately start helping 2020 presidential candidates defend their campaigns from the kinds of malicious email attacks that Russian hackers exploited in the 2016 election.The… Continue reading
Breaking: Washington State Supreme Court Unanimously Rejects First Amendment Challenge to Seattle’s Campaign Finance Voucher Program
This seems quite right, and I always thought this challenge was a sure loser.
My New Essay/ Forthcoming Lecture: “Deep Fakes, Bots, and Siloed Justices: American Election Law in a Post-Truth World”
I have posted this draft on SSRN. I will be delivering a version of this paper as the 2019 Richard J. Childress Memorial Lecture at St. Louis University on October 11. There will be a great line up of commentators… Continue reading
“Call Time is a Time Suck for Congress”—Post and New Ciara Torres-Spelliscy Blog
Looking forward to more blog posts at her new site.
“D.C. Circuit Tosses State Republicans’ Challenge of SEC Political Contributions Rule for FINRA Broker-Dealers”
Courthouse News:
The Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit denied the New York Republican State Committee’s bid to challenge the Securities Exchange Commission’s rule prohibiting broker-dealers acting as “placement agents” from accepting compensation for soliciting government business from… Continue reading
Deborah Hellman: Partisan Gerrymandering and Campaign Finance: An interesting relationship (Rucho symposium)
The following is a guest post from Deborah Hellman, part of the symposium on Partisan Gerrymandering after Rucho:
Last week’s decision in Rucho v. Common Cause rests
on the claim that the Supreme Court cannot determine when districting… Continue reading
The Reverse Stormy Daniels: Rep. Duncan Hunter Claims Money Spent on Affairs Mixed Business and Pleasure and Were Campaign Related
Brad Heath:
Lawyers for Rep. Duncan Hunter say his affairs with three lobbyists and two congressional staffers "often served an overtly political purpose" and suggests he was simply a "married man mixing business with pleasure." pic.twitter.com/aTiu8AJRyw— Brad Heath (@bradheath)… Continue reading
Amicus Brief Cites Evidence that Super PACs Create the Appearance of Quid Pro Quo Corruption in DC Circuit Case Seeking to Overturn SpeechNow (The Case That Gave Us Super PACs)
From the Robertson, Bergstrand, and Winkelman brief in Lieu v. FEC:
Plaintiffs-Appellants have asked the Court to reconsider its decision in SpeechNow.org v. Federal Election Commission, 599 F.3d 686 (D.C. Cir. 2010), which gave rise to so-called Super PACs and… Continue reading