Category Archives: campaigns

On KCRW’s To the Point: “Would Divided Government Mean Gridlock?”

October 21, 2016, 2:16 pmcampaigns, Supreme Court, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

I was a guest on this show with the great Warren Olney: GOP candidates point with alarm at Hillary Clinton’s Supreme Court nominees, free college tuition and “Big Government” that’s bigger than ever. Advocates for Republicans are almost saying… Continue reading

“The Latest Subject Of A James O’Keefe Sting Wants The Full Videos Released”

October 21, 2016, 2:10 pmcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

Sam Stein reports for HuffPo.

“Videos Put Democrats on Defensive About Dirty Tricks”

October 20, 2016, 8:42 pmcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

NYT: Mr. Creamer is not seen on the Project Veritas videos approving or endorsing plans to instigate fights at Trump rallies, but his underling, Mr. Foval, is shown boasting about using unseemly methods, like planting people at the gatherings to… Continue reading

“Fresh Off Employing Evan Bayh, U.S. Chamber of Commerce Attacks Him”

October 20, 2016, 11:06 amcampaigns, lobbyingRick Hasen

NYT.

“Democrats Play Up Donald Trump’s Hedge on Accepting Election Result”

October 20, 2016, 8:36 amcampaigns, chicanery, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Alex Burns for the NYT.

“Election law brawl; Soros v. Lincoln”

October 19, 2016, 5:24 pmcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

San Diego Reader: San Diego Republicans are facing off against liberal billionaire George Soros in an improbable big-money brawl about whether the city should change its election laws. The way it is now, candidates for city office who get more… Continue reading

“Two Democratic operatives lose jobs after James O’Keefe sting”

October 19, 2016, 12:39 pmcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

Weigel at WaPo: Scott Foval and Robert Creamer, two little-known but influential Democratic political operatives, have left their jobs after video investigations by James O’Keefe’s Project Veritas Action found them entertaining dark notions about how to win elections. Foval was… Continue reading

“Homeless advocate fights for the right to run for office”

October 19, 2016, 12:07 pmcampaigns, residencyRick Hasen

Interesting case out of Salinas. (Trial court has rejected his bid to run for office.)

“Dem brags about bringing in carloads to disrupt rally”

October 19, 2016, 10:08 amcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel: Undercover videos released this week feature a Democratic activist bragging about disrupting a rally for Gov. Scott Walker last year, talking about bringing people into Wisconsin from out of state and decrying Midwesterners as racist. The videos, released… Continue reading

“Do Campaign Ads Matter? Donald Trump Offers a Rare Chance to Find Out”

October 19, 2016, 7:45 amcampaignsRick Hasen

Lynn Vavreck for NYT’s The Upshot.

“Donald Trump Urges His Supporters to Monitor Polling Sites for Voter Fraud”

October 18, 2016, 6:12 pmcampaigns, chicanery, election administration, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Trip Gabriel for the NYT: is language has stirred increasing fears of intimidation of minorities inside polling places, where their qualifications to vote could be challenged, or outside, where they would face illegal electioneering. But as Mr. Trump casts doubt… Continue reading

“The Claim that the Media is Rigging the Election–and Citizens United”

October 18, 2016, 5:16 pmcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

Ned Foley: Now for the relevance of Citizens United: insofar as the attack on that decision rests on the premise that corporate-funded speech will distort the electoral process by persuading voters of its message, it seems the same sort… Continue reading

“County official challenges law on nonpartisan candidate”

October 18, 2016, 5:11 pmcampaignsRick Hasen

AP: A Lincoln County official says she has a constitutional right to call herself a Republican while campaigning in the county’s nonpartisan elections, and she is seeking to strike down a Montana law that bars her from doing so, according… Continue reading