Category Archives: campaigns

“Prosecutor hadn’t seen some Doe documents”

September 17, 2016, 12:25 pmcampaign finance, campaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

Interesting development in WI John Doe investigation reported by the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel: The prosecutor who headed an investigation into Gov. Scott Walker’s campaign said Friday he had not previously seen some of the probe documents leaked this week, including ones… Continue reading

“DNC Hacker Is Targeting States Trump Most Needs To Win”

September 17, 2016, 12:22 pmcampaigns, chicanery, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Vocativ reports.

“Republicans For Clinton Launch Vote Trading Website … Is that Even Legal?”

September 17, 2016, 12:19 pmcampaigns, vote buyingRick Hasen

Law Newz reports.

2d Circuit Files Written Order in Candidate Ballot Case

September 16, 2016, 12:49 pmcampaignsRick Hasen

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.”

September 16, 2016, 7:07 amcampaigns, vote buyingRick Hasen

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”

September 15, 2016, 8:07 pmcampaigns, third partiesRick Hasen

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”

September 15, 2016, 3:17 pmcampaign finance, campaigns, chicanery, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

I spoke with WPR’s Central Time about the case and the potential for Supreme Court review. Listen. .

Trump-Bondi Timeline Doesn’t Let Trump Off the Hook

September 15, 2016, 3:07 pmcampaign finance, campaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

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”

September 15, 2016, 7:00 amcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

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”

September 14, 2016, 9:52 pmcampaign finance, campaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

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?

September 14, 2016, 5:51 pmcampaign finance, campaigns, chicanery, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

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”

September 14, 2016, 3:54 pmcampaign finance, campaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

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”

September 14, 2016, 8:03 amcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

Democrats have found a way to keep Trump-Bondi in the press.

“New Documents Released From Hack of Democratic Party”

September 14, 2016, 8:03 amcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

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