Bob Stern Gives Oral History of the California Political Reform Act to the FPPC
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Category Archives: campaign finance
“Two dark money groups shut down following CREW complaints”
“Letter: Campaign Finance Regulations and Public Policy”
Martin Gilens, Shawn Patterson Jr., & Pavielle Haines in APSR:
Despite a century of efforts to constrain money in American elections, there is little consensus on whether campaign finance regulations make any appreciable difference. Here we take advantage of… Continue reading
Campaign Finance Ruling in Canada Relies in Part on a “Structural” Inference
The following is a guest post from Yasmin Dawood:
Thanks very much to Rick for the invitation to write this guest post. Earlier this week, a lower court in Ontario issued an important campaign finance decision, Working Families … Continue reading
“State GOPs Can’t Explain Millions In ‘Trump Victory’ Cash”
Roger Sollenberger for the Daily Beast:
Months after the Federal Election Commission notified several GOP state parties of major gaps in their 2020 fundraising and spending reports, the committees are correcting their numbers—but they still can’t explain why the discrepancies… Continue reading
“On Voting Rights, It Can Cost Companies to Take Both Sides”
NYT Dealbook:
In 2019, there were 51 political spending proposals at S&P 500 companies; none passed, and they received an average of 28 percent support. Last year, of 55 similar proposals, six passed and average support rose to about 35… Continue reading
“Senator Ted Cruz Wins Legal Challenge Over Campaign Finance Rules”
CNS:
A federal court in Washington D.C. ruled in favor of Texas Republican Senator Ted Cruz in a lawsuit against the Federal Election Commission challenging a cap on how much money candidates can use after an election to reimburse themselves… Continue reading
“Republicans and Democrats alike are abandoning one of their favorite — and bogus — fundraising gimmicks. A Vegas scammer’s guilty plea has them spooked.”
Dave Levinthal:
Amid late May’s crush of hyperbolic and histrionic political fundraising solicitations, a familiar gimmick, widely used just days ago, has all but disappeared: those messages promising to magically “triple match” or “quadruple match” contributions.What gives?A line buried in… Continue reading
“Dems’ dark-money bid aimed to paint Josh Hawley as an anti-gun lefty”
Axios:
A dark-money group aligned with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer helped pay for deceptive ads aimed at depressing Republican general election turnout in 2018, newly released records show.Why it matters: These contests were decided more than two years ago,… Continue reading
FEC Fines AMI, Owner of National Enquirer, $187,500 For Violating Campaign Finance Laws by Making $150,000 Payment to Karen McDougal to Keep Her Affair with Trump Quiet to Help 2016 Trump Campaign
AMI had already admitted the criminal conduct in the matter, and now settled the fine after a Common Cause complaint. The FEC split on going after others, but we will await the release of more paperwork.
Details.
“FEC Complaint Filed Against Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene for Illegal ‘Soft Money’ Solicitation for Super PAC”
Release:
Today, Common Cause filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) alleging that Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) violated the ‘soft money’ ban in the Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA) by soliciting unlimited contributions for a super… Continue reading
“Trump, Pelosi, and other fundraising juggernauts just got put on notice by the feds that they could be breaking the law with their spammy ‘5x match’ fundraising gimmicks”
Dave Levinthal for Business Insider:
But this wildly popular — and demonstrably bogus — fundraising gimmick could soon be dead. That’s because the Department of Justice on Monday indicated that fraudulent “match” solicitations were one of several misdeeds that factored… Continue reading
“F.E.C. Drops Case Reviewing Trump Hush-Money Payments to Women”
NYT:
The Federal Election Commission said on Thursday that it had formally dropped a case looking into whether former President Donald J. Trump violated election law with a payment of $130,000 shortly before the 2016 election to a pornographic-film actress… Continue reading
“F.E.C. Asks Congress to Ban Prechecked Recurring Donation Boxes”
NYT:
The Federal Election Commission voted unanimously on Thursday to recommend that Congress ban political campaigns from guiding donors by default into recurring contributions through prechecked boxes, a month after a New York Times investigation showed that former President Donald… Continue reading