Category Archives: campaigns

“Discouraging Election Contests”

January 11, 2013, 2:50 pmcampaigns, election administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Josh Douglas has posted this draft on SSRN (University of Richmond Law Review). Here is the abstract: This brief article offers a few proposals for discouraging losing candidates from contesting the certified result of an election. Our system encourages –… Continue reading

“How Romney Could Have Won”

January 8, 2013, 8:07 amcampaigns, electoral collegeRick Hasen

National Review: “If votes in every state were awarded by congressional district, President-elect Romney would be planning his inauguration right now.” That strikes me as overly simplistic: if voting took place on a district by district basis, the campaigns… Continue reading

“Inouye gave preference for successor before he died”

December 18, 2012, 8:10 amcampaignsRick Hasen

CNN reports.

“How Maps Helped Republicans Keep an Edge in the House”

December 17, 2012, 12:31 pmcampaigns, redistrictingRick Hasen

Important NYT report.

“Michigan Effort Shows G.O.P. Sway in State Contests”

December 17, 2012, 12:29 pmcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

NYT reports.

“Scott’s departure for Senate will trigger third special House election in 2013”

December 17, 2012, 12:27 pmcampaignsRick Hasen

WaPo reports.

“A More Perfect Union: How President Obama’s campaign used big data to rally individual voters, part 1”

December 17, 2012, 10:45 amcampaignsRick Hasen

Sasha Issenberg has written this article for the MIT Technology Review.

“Do super PACS have a right to lie?”

December 17, 2012, 10:33 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

The Columbia Journalism Review reports.

“Did Karl Rove earn any money from American Crossroads?”

December 12, 2012, 8:00 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

WaPo’s fact checker ready to give 4 Pinocchios to anyone willing to make the claim.

“Legal Standard for ‘Willful’ Violations Of Campaign Law Considered by Court”

December 11, 2012, 8:20 ambribery, campaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

Bloomberg BNA: “The legal standard to prove a ‘willful’ violation of campaign finance laws is being debated by federal prosecutors and defense lawyers in a major criminal case, with the Justice Department being accused of backing away from a… Continue reading

“Big data, in the dark; Lack of transparency around campaigns’ use of data creates challenges for reporters”

December 10, 2012, 3:46 pmcampaignsRick Hasen

CJR reports.

“Did the Mainstream Press Really Bungle the Campaign’s ‘Single Biggest Story’?”

December 10, 2012, 11:52 amcampaignsRick Hasen

NYT Public Editor: “In one of the most fascinating media-related pieces I’ve read in a while, Dan Froomkin interviews Thomas Mann and Norman Ornstein, two longtime Washington observers who wrote a book together and soon after, they say, found themselves… Continue reading

“For Corporate Donors, Inauguration Details”

December 10, 2012, 8:39 amcampaign finance, campaigns, conflict of interest lawsRick Hasen

NYT: ” President Obama’s finance team is offering corporations and other institutions that contribute $1 million exclusive access to an array of inaugural festivities, including tickets to a ‘benefactors reception,’ a children’s concert, a candlelight celebration at the… Continue reading