Category Archives: campaigns
“Hack of Democrats’ Accounts Was Wider Than Believed, Officials Say”
NYT:
A Russian cyberattack that targeted Democratic politicians was bigger than it first appeared and breached the private email accounts of more than 100 party officials and groups, officials with knowledge of the case said Wednesday.
The widening scope of… Continue reading
“Facebook may soon have more power over elections than the FEC. Are we ready?”
Nate Persily in WaPo:
For those of us who study campaign and election regulation, however, new technology poses a serious challenge to the existing ways of thinking about and addressing the campaign finance problem. Government regulation becomes increasingly difficult once… Continue reading
“How the Internet could democratize campaign spending”
Bob Biersack for WaPo:
If the cost of communicating with voters really is dramatically lower via the Internet and can’t be overwhelmed by big spending, then restrictions there might be less critical. Meanwhile, as the focus shifts away from expensive… Continue reading
“Americans have become much less confident that we count votes accurately”
Gronke, Sances and Stewart for the Monkey Cage:
The bad news, however, is that the percentage of respondents who were very confident that the national vote (the hollow circles) was counted as cast dropped by 30 percentage points, from around… Continue reading
“Led by NRCC, Congressional Party Committees Stockpile Cash for General Election”
“Donald Trump Suggests ‘Second Amendment People’ Could Act Against Hillary Clinton”
NYT:
Donald J. Trump on Tuesday appeared to raise the possibility that gun rights supporters could take matters into their own hands if Hillary Clinton is elected president and appoints judges who favor stricter gun control measures.
Repeating his contention… Continue reading
New Wisconsin Election Commission Passes on Whether Paul Ryan Competitor Violated “Ballot Selfie” Law
Jessica Arp with the statement.
“Trump exit? Yes, possible if following his narrative: not ‘dropping out’ but ‘walking away from a rigged-election'”
LAT letters to the editor responding to my LAT oped, What If Trump Drops Out?
Americans Elect Sorta Rises from the Dead
“Political Morality and the Trump Candidacy: Part II”
“Non-incumbents freed from false-statement election law”
Columbus Dispatch:
Non-incumbents running for election have been liberated from being required to use “for” in front of the offices they seek.
The Frankin County Court of Appeals, citing a federal appellate court decision rejecting false-statement election laws,… Continue reading
“Judge rejects third parties’ suit against debate commission”
Josh Gerstein:
A federal judge has tossed out a lawsuit alleging that the Commission on Presidential Debates violated federal antitrust laws and the First Amendment by excluding third-party candidates.
In a ruling Friday, U.S. District Court Judge Rosemary Collyer… Continue reading
Key Comments from Nate Persily to @TPM on Trump’s Irresponsible Vote Rigging Charges
From an important Tierney Sneed piece:
Yet, a study published in June by Persily — along with Charles Stewart III and Stephen Ansolabehere — undercut that justification. They found no evidence that voters in states with strict voter ID laws… Continue reading