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“Could ‘Pokemon Go’ Break Election Laws?”
US News reports.
This is the next “ballot selfie” controversy, no doubt.
“Stop Corruption Now drive targeting Arizona dark money ends”
Arizona Republic:
A campaign to stop a bill that loosens much of the control Arizona has over anonymous campaign spending has dropped it efforts to get the issue before voters.
The Stop Corruption Now drive wanted to refer the state’s… Continue reading
“As Clinton launches registration effort, community groups focus on Asian Americans”
“Hillary Clinton to Pledge Making Campaign-Finance Overhaul a Priority”
WSJ:
Hillary Clinton on Saturday will pledge to make an overhaul of the campaign-finance system an urgent priority, as she announces plans to introduce a constitutional amendment overturning the Supreme Court’s Citizens United ruling during the first 30 days of… Continue reading
“Citizens United Muddles What Is Legal In Trump’s Foreign Money Case”
Peter Overby reports for NPR.
And don’t miss Peter’s earlier How Picking Mike Pence As VP Might Cost The Trump Campaign Donations.
“Mike Pence used campaign funds to pay his mortgage — and it cost him an election”
WaPo:
Mike Pence was a young lawyer on the rise, challenging a longtime Democratic congressman in a Republican-leaning Indiana district.
And then, scandal.
Campaign finance records from the 1990 effort showed that Pence, then 31, had been using political… Continue reading
“Clinton pledges constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United ruling”
“Trump raised $32 million with RNC, but kept only a fraction”
Vogel:
Of that, Trump Victory transferred only $2.2 million to Trump’s presidential campaign committee, as compared to $10.1 million to the RNC, though $5.8 million of that went to funds that can’t be used for campaign activity, and are earmarked… Continue reading
“GOP convention organizers apologize to Sheldon Adelson”
Oops:
The last-minute plea for $6 million from Las Vegas billionaire Sheldon Adelson to rescue the Republican convention has erupted in controversy, as four of the five signatories to the letter from party organizers never saw it before it was… Continue reading
Trump Campaign, By Adding Pence, Now Faces Pay-to-Play Rules Limiting Campaign $
Jason Abel and Scott Sinder of Steptoe:
Today, Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee for president, announced that Governor Mike Pence of Indiana will be his running mate. By virtue of the fact that Pence is a current governor, the… Continue reading
Question of the Day
If Trump is a multi-billionaire, why does the RNC have to beg Sheldon Adelson to cough up $6 million for the convention shortfall?
(inspired by Alice Ollstein tweet)
“GOP Cleveland organizers beg Adelson for $6 million”
The real story is the reason for the shortfall, not the begging of a plutocratic overlord:
In a letter to the Adelsons, obtained by POLITICO, the Cleveland 2016 Host Committee revealed the names of more than two dozen prominent corporations… Continue reading