Category Archives: campaigns

“Group running robocalls impersonating Trump’s campaign has already raised more than $100,000”

February 28, 2019, 10:22 amcampaign finance, campaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

CNN: The call sounds like it is coming from President Donald Trump’s 2020 re-election campaign.It even uses a recording of the President’s voice: “I’m Donald Trump. Tonight I am asking you to defend our very dangerous southern border, out… Continue reading

“N.C. political operative indicted, and prosecutor signals that more charges are likely”

February 28, 2019, 8:11 amcampaignsRick Hasen

WaPo: Wake County District Attorney Lorrin Freeman’s decision to seek indictments almost immediately after the close of those hearings sent a “clear signal,” she said, “that we take seriously the public’s confidence in the electoral process and that we… Continue reading

“Michael Cohen’s testimony, if true, confirms Trump’s crimes: Today’s talker”

February 28, 2019, 7:52 amcampaign finance, campaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

Paul Ryan USA Today oped: On Wednesday, in his testimony before the House Oversight Committee, Cohen for the first time provided details to the American people of precisely how Trump directed and coordinated these hush payments in violation of… Continue reading

“In Chicago, History-Making Didn’t Have to Be So Hard; Ranked-choice voting in the mayoral election would have significantly smoothed the decision-making process for overwhelmed voters.”

February 28, 2019, 7:49 amalternative voting systems, campaignsRick Hasen

Kim Bellware for NYT Opinion.

“Campaign Reforms May Never Pass, But the Low-Dollar Revolution Has Already Begun”

February 28, 2019, 7:46 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

Important Eliza Newlin Carney column.

“North Carolina political operative indicted in election fraud case that upended congressional race”

February 27, 2019, 10:27 amcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

WaPo: Leslie McCrae Dowless, a political operative at the center of a Republican congressional campaign in North Carolina tainted by evidence of ballot fraud, was indicted by a grand jury on seven counts, a prosecutor announced Wednesday.Dowless, who worked… Continue reading

“Testimony from Cohen Could Create New Legal Issues for Trump”

February 27, 2019, 10:25 amcampaign finance, campaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

NYT: The dramatic public testimony to Congress on Wednesday morning by President Trump’s former lawyer, Michael D. Cohen, could intensify the legal issues facing the president in the criminal and civil investigations that are swirling around him, legal experts said.Mr.… Continue reading

AOC Wrongly Relies on Brad Smith’s Article to Make the Opposite Point to the One He Was Making

February 25, 2019, 8:28 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

Brad Smith fairly criticizes AOC’s use of his hush money article in the WSJ in her now viral video about campaign money and Washington. I don’t think this undermines many of the points AOC made in her discussion of the… Continue reading

“Elizabeth Warren to Forgo Receptions and Fund-Raisers With Big Donors”

February 25, 2019, 7:45 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

NYT: Senator Elizabeth Warren on Monday escalated her presidential campaign’s battle against big money in politics, announcing that her bid for the Democratic nomination will forgo traditional fund-raising methods meant to cultivate a candidate’s relationships with the wealthy.The Massachusetts… Continue reading

“Three lessons from North Carolina’s tainted election — and what comes next”

February 25, 2019, 7:42 amcampaigns, chicanery, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Michael Bitzer for The Monkey Cage.

Today’s Must Read: Mark Harris Deep Dive in News & Observer

February 23, 2019, 9:13 amcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

Brian Murphy profiles the NC09 candidate. Assuming the new law requiring a primary holds up to any legal challenge, I’d be shocked if Harris runs again. (If the new primary law is challenged and ruled illegal, and Harris has to… Continue reading

“Wake DA: Criminal prosecution anticipated in District 9 case “

February 22, 2019, 1:45 pmcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

CBS 17: Following the state Board of Elections hearing on fraud in the 9th Congressional district, Wake County District Attorney Lorrin Freeman says she expects to take the case before a grand jury in the next month.Freeman said that… Continue reading

“US Supreme Court Won’t Take Challenge To Montana Campaign Finance Law”

February 22, 2019, 11:09 amcampaign finance, campaigns, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Montana Public Radio: Montana’s 2015 campaign finance law survived its biggest test Tuesday. The U.S. Supreme Court, without comment, declined to take up a case challenging the state’s Disclose Act. The high court leaves in place a lower court’s… Continue reading