“In Chicago, History-Making Didn’t Have to Be So Hard; Ranked-choice voting in the mayoral election would have significantly smoothed the decision-making process for overwhelmed voters.”
Kim Bellware for NYT Opinion.
Category Archives: campaigns
“Campaign Reforms May Never Pass, But the Low-Dollar Revolution Has Already Begun”
Important Eliza Newlin Carney column.
“North Carolina political operative indicted in election fraud case that upended congressional race”
WaPo:
Leslie McCrae Dowless, a political operative at the center of a Republican congressional campaign in North Carolina tainted by evidence of ballot fraud, was indicted by a grand jury on seven counts, a prosecutor announced Wednesday.Dowless, who worked… Continue reading
“Testimony from Cohen Could Create New Legal Issues for Trump”
NYT:
The dramatic public testimony to Congress on Wednesday morning by President Trump’s former lawyer, Michael D. Cohen, could intensify the legal issues facing the president in the criminal and civil investigations that are swirling around him, legal experts said.Mr.… Continue reading
“U.S. Cyber Command operation disrupted Internet access of Russian troll factory on day of 2018 midterms”
WaPo:
The U.S. military blocked Internet access to an infamous Russian entity seeking to sow discord among Americans during the 2018 midterms, several U.S. officials said, a warning that the Kremlin’s operations against the United States are not cost-free.The strike… Continue reading
AOC Wrongly Relies on Brad Smith’s Article to Make the Opposite Point to the One He Was Making
Brad Smith fairly criticizes AOC’s use of his hush money article in the WSJ in her now viral video about campaign money and Washington. I don’t think this undermines many of the points AOC made in her discussion of the… Continue reading
“Elizabeth Warren to Forgo Receptions and Fund-Raisers With Big Donors”
NYT:
Senator Elizabeth Warren on Monday escalated her presidential campaign’s battle against big money in politics, announcing that her bid for the Democratic nomination will forgo traditional fund-raising methods meant to cultivate a candidate’s relationships with the wealthy.The Massachusetts… Continue reading
“Three lessons from North Carolina’s tainted election — and what comes next”
Michael Bitzer for The Monkey Cage.
Today’s Must Read: Mark Harris Deep Dive in News & Observer
Brian Murphy profiles the NC09 candidate. Assuming the new law requiring a primary holds up to any legal challenge, I’d be shocked if Harris runs again. (If the new primary law is challenged and ruled illegal, and Harris has to… Continue reading
“Wake DA: Criminal prosecution anticipated in District 9 case “
CBS 17:
Following the state Board of Elections hearing on fraud in the 9th Congressional district, Wake County District Attorney Lorrin Freeman says she expects to take the case before a grand jury in the next month.Freeman said that… Continue reading
“US Supreme Court Won’t Take Challenge To Montana Campaign Finance Law”
Montana Public Radio:
Montana’s 2015 campaign finance law survived its biggest test Tuesday. The U.S. Supreme Court, without comment, declined to take up a case challenging the state’s Disclose Act. The high court leaves in place a lower court’s… Continue reading
“Can Peer Pressure Defeat Trump? In 2020, Democrats need millennials to turn out. Vote shaming apps can help.”
Amy Chozick for the NYT.
In #NC09 Election Hearing, Mark Harris’s Lawyers in Potential Trouble for Not Turning over Relevant (and Damaging) Emails and Other Subpoenaed Material
NCSBE attorney @josh_lawson says the documents were specifically mentioned in the subpoena and within its scope. Lawson- "we have been aware of those documents that have never been produced for quite some time." #NC09— Joe Bruno (@JoeBrunoWSOC9) February 21, … Continue reading
“Candidate’s son warned father of N.C. political operative’s alleged tactics”
WaPo:
The son of Republican congressional candidate Mark Harris testified Wednesday that he warned his father repeatedly that he believed a political operative now at the center of an election-fraud investigation had previously used illegal tactics to win votes.John Harris,… Continue reading