Category Archives: campaigns

“Libertarians and Greens Can Win—Even If They Lose”

October 14, 2016, 8:22 amalternative voting systems, campaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

Derek Muller has written this WSJ oped, with the subhead: “Should the Johnson or Stein campaigns earn 5% of the popular vote, their parties could receive public funding in 2020.” It seems odd to me that Derek’s post does not… Continue reading

“He says he won’t quit, so how do you solve a problem like Donald Trump?”

October 13, 2016, 8:16 pmcampaignsRick Hasen

National Post reports.

“How Evan McMullin Could Win Utah And The Presidency; It’s unlikely, but far from impossible”

October 13, 2016, 2:32 pmcampaigns, electoral college, third partiesRick Hasen

FiveThirtyEight.

“US voters in Israel say iVoteIsrael flubbed absentee ballot requests”

October 13, 2016, 10:46 amabsentee ballots, campaigns, election administrationRick Hasen

Jerusalem Post: Several US citizens in Israel complained that get-out-the-vote organization iVoteIsrael did not mail in their ballots ahead of deadline. Absentee ballot requests must be postmarked by Friday at the latest in order to be accepted in New York,… Continue reading

“Hunter pushes Coast Guard to lease or buy ship owned by top campaign donor”

October 13, 2016, 8:24 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

San Diego Union-Tribune: Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Alpine, has been pushing the U.S. Coast Guard to buy or lease a polar ice-breaking ship owned by one of his top campaign contributors, although the Coast Guard has repeatedly said the vessel doesn’t… Continue reading

“Google searches for ‘write-in’ are off the charts”

October 13, 2016, 8:14 amcampaignsRick Hasen

CNN reports.

Disgraceful If True Dept: “Did Right-Wing Group Citizens United Target Dementia Sufferers for Fundraising?”

October 13, 2016, 7:51 amcampaign finance, campaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

Daily Beast: And it has a history of sending out mailers that raise serious ethical questions—and that may prey on senior citizens with dementia and Alzheimer’s. Citizens United, David Bossie, and the Trump campaign did not respond to multiple requests… Continue reading

“David Jolly blasts ‘false’ Democratic ad tying Republican congressman to Donald Trump”

October 13, 2016, 7:45 amcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

Tampa Bay Times: So when the incumbent Republican congressman saw an image Tuesday night that depicted him shaking hands with Trump flicker across a TV screen while attending an event at Bella Brava restaurant, he did a double-take. “Not only… Continue reading

“Donald Trump’s New Attack Strategy: Suppress Clinton Vote”

October 11, 2016, 3:37 pmcampaignsRick Hasen

WSJ: Donald Trump, faced with opposition inside and outside his party, plans to renew the nationalist themes that built his base and amplify his no-holds-barred attacks againstHillary Clinton to depress Democratic voter turnout, his advisers said. Following… Continue reading

Quote of the Day

October 11, 2016, 3:32 pmBush v. Gore reflections, campaignsRick Hasen

“Your vote really, really, really counts — a lot. You can consider me as an exhibit A of that group. Now, for those of you who are younger than 25, you might not remember the election of 2000 and what… Continue reading

“Kobach: Trump comments ‘pale in comparison’ to issues facing country”

October 11, 2016, 8:58 amcampaign finance, campaigns, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Bryan Lowry reports: Kobach, who made no public comments about the tape over the weekend, said he remains committed to supporting Trump. He cited issues such as border security and the national debt as the reason. “These issues are… Continue reading

“Trump Cites Bogus Story From Russian Propaganda Outlet At PA Rally”

October 11, 2016, 8:50 amcampaignsRick Hasen

TPM: Donald Trump read from an article ripped from Sputnik News, the Kremlin-backed news outfit, that misattributed quotes to a Hillary Clinton adviser to make the case at a Monday rally that her advisors thought she could have “done something”… Continue reading

“Early Voting Could Hand Election to Hillary Clinton Well Before Nov. 8”

October 11, 2016, 8:47 amcampaigns, election administrationRick Hasen

NYT: Democrats are requesting more absentee ballots in Florida than they were at this point in 2012, with increases of 50 percent in the heavily Hispanic areas around Miami and Orlando. In North Carolina, where Mitt Romney built enough of… Continue reading

How Big Money Sways Policy Even When It Isn’t Spent

October 11, 2016, 8:42 amcampaign finance, campaigns, lobbyingRick Hasen

I made this point in Plutocrats United, and here it is in relation to opposition to the American-US Air airline merger, via ProPublica: While labor was the friendly face of the merger, Tom Horne, the former Arizona attorney general,… Continue reading