Category Archives: campaigns
“Republicans For Clinton Launch Vote Trading Website … Is that Even Legal?”
2d Circuit Files Written Order in Candidate Ballot Case
Following up on this post about an oral order at the end of a Second Circuit argument, see this written order.
“Anti-Trump Republicans: Don’t Waste Your Vote. Trade It.”
Vote trading ideas are back, this time on the NYT oped page (John Stubbs and Ricardo Reyes):
Republican voters who refuse to vote for Donald J. Trump are in a bind. They could vote for Hillary Clinton, but that means… Continue reading
“Hillary Clinton Takes Aim at Voters Drifting Toward Third Party”
NYT:
WASHINGTON — Hillary Clinton and her Democratic allies, unnerved by the tightening presidential race, are making a major push to dissuade disaffected voters from backing third-party candidates, and pouring more energy into Rust Belt states, where Donald J. Trump… Continue reading
“What Leaked John Doe Docs Reveal About WI Elections”
I spoke with WPR’s Central Time about the case and the potential for Supreme Court review. Listen.
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Trump-Bondi Timeline Doesn’t Let Trump Off the Hook
Yesterday I linked to a NY Times story which suggested that maybe the $25,000 from Trump to Florida AG Bondi was not meant to influence her choice on whether to go after Trump U fraud claims, on grounds that… Continue reading
“Trump’s Call for a Flood of Poll Watchers Could Disrupt Some Voting Places”
ProPublica reports. [corrected link]
Back in August I blogged that such efforts might run afoul of an RNC consent decree aimed at stopping voter intimidation.
“New Records Shed Light on Donald Trump’s $25,000 Gift to Florida Official”
Another A1-NYT on Trump-Bondi, with a timing detail which Trump supporters will surely highlight:
The Sentinel’s report, which was published on Sept. 13, 2013, paraphrased Ms. Meale’s response and took it a step further, saying that Ms. Bondi’s… Continue reading
Will There Be an Investigation of the WI John Doe Leak?
From the same MJS article I earlier linked to:
“The public release of this John Doe evidence without court authorization is not merely a violation of the John Doe secrecy order; it is a crime under Wisconsin law,” Chisholm said.… Continue reading
“GOP eases lead paint laws after $750,000 in donations”
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel:
Gov. Scott Walker and the GOP-controlled Legislature approved a measure aimed at retroactively shielding paint makers from liability after a billionaire owner of a lead producer contributed $750,000 to a political group that provided crucial support to Walker… Continue reading
“House Democrats ask for Justice investigation as New York AG looks into Trump Foundation”
Democrats have found a way to keep Trump-Bondi in the press.
“New Documents Released From Hack of Democratic Party”
NYT:
The documents released Tuesday were not immediately as damaging as the first trove, and they proved difficult to access. WikiLeaks, the anti-secrecy platform, posted multiple messages on Twitter explaining how to download the documents after users struggled to do… Continue reading
Donald Trump Gave at Least $15,000 in Undisclosed Money to Help WI Republicans
A nugget buried in the must-read Guardian John Doe story:
good example of the way things worked was the donation made by Donald Trump. On 3 April 2012, two months before the governor faced the electorate, Walker flew to New… Continue reading