“Every Position Donald Trump Has Taken On How He Is Funding His Campaign”
Peter Overby reports for NPR.
Category Archives: campaigns
“Why are Corporations in the Business of Funding Our National Conventions?”
Release:
This presidential election, corporations have threatened to pull financial support for the national conventions because they do not want to be associated with the views of presidential candidate Donald Trump. But given the longstanding federal ban on corporate… Continue reading
“Ginsburg expresses ‘regret’ for remarks criticizing Trump”
Bob Barnes for WaPo:
“On reflection, my recent remarks in response to press inquiries were ill-advised and I regret making them,” Ginsburg said. “Judges should avoid commenting on a candidate for public office. In the future I will be more… Continue reading
“No room at RNC for campaign finance watchdog? Group’s director doesn’t buy it.”
The Fix on Open Secrets shut out by RNC.
“New Report Finds State Court Judges Tend to Decide Election Cases Based on Partisan Loyalty”
ACS release:
A new study by independent researchers at Emory Law School finds that the upward spiral of big money fundraising and aggressive politics in state judicial elections pressures judges to become partisan actors who favor their own party in… Continue reading
“Every Voice Praises Clinton for Pledging to Make Reform A ‘Top Priority'”
Lessig Claims Victory in Campaign Finance Fight
At Medium.
Larry tweets that he did not claim victory: ” I did not! All the credit went to @everyvoice.”
Don McGahn (Trump’s Lawyer) Statement on VA Delegate Case
Via Facebook:
Trump Campaign Attorney and former FEC Chairman Don McGahn issued the following statement:
“The court has confirmed what we have said all along: Rule 16 is in effect and thus delegates, including Correll, are bound to vote in… Continue reading
“Donald Trump hopes to cure cash woes with $449,400-per-ticket fundraiser”
“‘Politics are corrupt’: fears about money and its influence on elections loom large”
“Write-in legislative candidates win spots on the November ballot, in some cases with only a handful of votes”
“Here’s how presidential candidates sell your personal information”
“Ballot order flip would put Republican’s name first”
News from North Carolina (as you’d expect):
If signed by Gov. Pat McCrory, a change in state election law approved in the final hours of the 2016 legislative session would ensure the name of Phil Berger Jr. appears first on… Continue reading
“California’s very long November ballot is now official — and it might get even longer”
John Myers for the LAT:
California elections officials announced Thursday that 17 measures have earned a spot on the Nov. 8 statewide ballot, a bumper crop of voter choices ranging from marijuana legalization to repeal of the death penalty and… Continue reading