Category Archives: campaign finance

“Outside Money Fuels Court Fight Amid Calls for Kyl Not to Vote”

October 3, 2018, 10:04 pmcampaign finance, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Roll Call: Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh denounced the “millions of dollars in money from outside left-wing opposition groups” during his testimony Thursday about sexual assault allegations, but he didn’t mention the millions spent by groups backing him. The… Continue reading

“Pennsylvania Ruling Affirms that Campaign Finance Prohibitions Must be Justified”

October 3, 2018, 6:06 amcampaign financeRick Hasen

Steve Klein blogs.

“Despite Strong Headwinds, 2018 CPA-Zicklin Index Finds Company Political Disclosure Holds Steady”

October 2, 2018, 7:39 amcampaign financeRick Hasen

Release: Public corporations embracing disclosure and accountability of their political spending are holding fast despite countervailing pressures from Washington. That’s the chief finding to emerge from a non-partisan study released today by the Center for Political Accountability (CPA) and the… Continue reading

“How a Supreme Court ruling is giving mega-donors even more power”

October 1, 2018, 5:26 pmcampaign financeRick Hasen

JFC.

“Leadership PACs are a campaign-finance scandal”

September 26, 2018, 7:16 amcampaign financeRick Hasen

Marian Currinder Wapo oped.

“Tom Steyer to Spend Millions Backing Andrew Gillum in Florida”

September 25, 2018, 8:20 pmcampaign finance, Plutocrats UnitedRick Hasen

NYT: Tom Steyer, the billionaire investor and Democratic activist, has directed his political operation to spend more than $5 million aiding Andrew Gillum’s campaign for governor of Florida, an enormous investment that will test whether fired-up Democratic voters can flip… Continue reading

“Helping citizens unite in post-Citizens United America”

September 25, 2018, 1:28 pmcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

Adam Bonica and Gisel Kordestani oped in The Hill: We at Crowdpac are among the 78 percent of Americans who want to see Citizens United overturned. We are well aware that if Crowdpac’s conditional fundraising platform is challenged in… Continue reading

“Independent Spending in the 2018 Congressional Primaries Went Up (Again)”

September 25, 2018, 7:07 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

CFI: Independent expenditures (IEs) spending for congressional primaries went up once again. This unsurprising conclusion was based on a Campaign Finance Institute (CFI) analysis of data supplied by the Federal Election Commission for all federal primaries from 2006 through… Continue reading

“Sheldon Adelson Sees a Lot to Like in Trump’s Washington”

September 24, 2018, 8:43 amcampaign finance, Plutocrats UnitedRick Hasen

NYT: The return on investment for many of the Republican Party’s biggest political patrons has been less than impressive this year. But not for Sheldon Adelson. Mr. Adelson, the billionaire casino magnate, and his wife, Miriam, a physician, have emerged… Continue reading

“Minnesota Voters Alliance v. Mansky Strikes Down a Vague Ban on Speech in Polling Places, But Future Bans May Be Upheld”

September 24, 2018, 7:48 amcampaign financeRick Hasen

Interesting Mike Dimino for the Federalist Society Review.

“Political nonprofits seek answers after court decision targeting ‘dark money’”

September 21, 2018, 3:35 pmcampaign financeRick Hasen

WaPo: As politically active nonprofits scramble to figure out the implications of a recent court decision requiring them to disclose some of their donors, experts said one thing is clear: There will be ways around the new rules. Groups could… Continue reading

“Senate E-filing Launches New Era in Campaign Disclosures”

September 21, 2018, 1:05 pmcampaign financeRick Hasen

Kate Ackley for Roll Call: It’s been a good week for advocates of faster, and more, political money disclosure. With President Donald Trump’s signature Friday, it’s official: Senate candidates now must file their campaign finance reports electronically with the Federal… Continue reading

“Shareholders Push Nike for Greater Disclosure on Political Spending”

September 20, 2018, 10:02 amcampaign financeRick Hasen

WSJ: Investors are seeking greater transparency from Nike related to its political spending and putting a proposal demanding regular reporting on political contributions to a vote on Thursday. The vote, at the company’s annual general meeting in Beaverton, Ore., comes… Continue reading

Just How Much Will the Crossroads Ruling Change Disclosure Rules for 2018? Probably Not as Much as You Think

September 20, 2018, 7:28 amcampaign finance, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

In my post about the Supreme Court’s denial of a stay in the Crossroads campaign disclosure case, I wrote that it “does not solve all of the current disclosure problems, but this is a victory for transparency.” I stand by… Continue reading