Category Archives: campaigns

“Even Liberal Democrats Can’t Quit Wealthy Donors and Their Big Checks”

March 30, 2019, 9:33 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

Smart Shane Goldmacher and Jontahan Martin in the NYT: The race for cash in the 2020 Democratic presidential primary is reaching a frenetic peak this weekend with a dozen fund-raisers on both coasts, as presidential hopefuls rush to vacuum up… Continue reading

“In Ukraine, Russia Tests a New Facebook Tactic in Election Tampering”

March 29, 2019, 8:08 amcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

NYT: Campaigning for Ukraine’s presidential election had just begun to heat up when the authorities announced they had thwarted a Russian plot to use Facebook to undermine the vote. Unlike the 2016 interference in the United States, which centered… Continue reading

“Rigged-Election Rhetoric: Coverage and Consequences”

March 22, 2019, 8:49 amcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

Super interesting article in PS by Kirby Goidel, Keith Gaddie and Spencer Goidel. Here is the abstract: Using content analysis and original survey data, we investigated the news coverage and consequences of Donald Trump’s “rigged-election” claims during the 2016 presidential… Continue reading

“Historic Do-Over Election in North Carolina Brings Out Bruising Politics”

March 22, 2019, 8:04 amcampaignsRick Hasen

WSJ reports.

“New report through US 2050 details the effect of race and gender on campaign fundraising”

March 21, 2019, 8:31 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

Open Secrets: The Center for Responsive Politics is pleased to announce the publication of “Race, Gender, and Money in Politics: Campaign Finance and Federal Candidates in the 2018 Midterms.” Written by Sarah Bryner, the Center’s research director, and Grace… Continue reading

“Democratic super PAC launches $50 million effort to weaken Trump with core supporters”

March 21, 2019, 8:07 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

NBC News reports.

NYT Reporting Suggests That Cindy Yang Illegally Funneled Contributions Through Conduits to Reach $50,000 Threshold for Picture with Donald Trump

March 16, 2019, 12:42 pmcampaign finance, campaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

This story is going to get bigger: The Republican National Committee promised an “evening reception with Donald J. Trump” last March at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Fla.A contribution of $2,700 toward the president’s re-election would get you in… Continue reading

“Biggest GOP field since 2012 to compete in North Carolina’s 9th district primary”

March 16, 2019, 11:53 amcampaignsRick Hasen

News & Observer: Like the election fraud controversy itself, the special election will attract national attention. Some analysts say it could be a preview of 2020 in what once again is expected to be a swing state, as well… Continue reading

“Small-dollar donors could hold the balance in 2020”

March 15, 2019, 8:10 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

Kate Ackley for Roll Call.

“Documents shed light on Russian hacking of Democratic Party leaders”

March 14, 2019, 8:21 pmcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

WaPo: Documents unsealed Thursday in a lawsuit have shed new light on how hackers breached Democratic Party email accounts before the 2016 election.The documents include a forensic analysis by a former top official in the FBI’s cybercrime division, which… Continue reading

North Carolina Elections Board Issues Unanimous 46-Page Damning Set of Factual Findings and Legal Conclusions Related to Bladen County #NC09 Absentee Ballot Crimes, Explaining Why It Ordered New Election

March 13, 2019, 7:34 amabsentee ballots, campaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

From the introduction: A new election is the gravest remedy available to this State agency that has, for a century, supervised elections meant to ensure “[a]ll political power is vested in and derived from the people; all government of… Continue reading

“Federal investigators issue subpoenas in NC-9 investigation”

March 11, 2019, 8:04 pmcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

WBTV: The Department of Justice has issued subpoenas for a federal grand jury investigation into allegations of election fraud in North Carolina’s 9th Congressional District.The US Department of Justice’s Public Integrity Section has issued at least three subpoenas for… Continue reading

“Facebook and Twitter Turned to TurboVote to Drive Registrations. Officials Want Them to Turn Away.”

March 11, 2019, 3:29 pmcampaigns, election administration, voter registrationRick Hasen

ProPublica: n 2018, Facebook and Twitter decided to play a role in helping people register to vote in what promised to be a momentous midterm election. To do so, the social media platforms directed users almost exclusively to a… Continue reading