Category Archives: campaigns

Ballot Selfies, Ice Cream, Civic Virtue, and Election Integrity

October 26, 2016, 4:17 pmabsentee ballots, campaignsRick Hasen

In the fight over the constitutionality of bans on ballot selfies, I’m having a definite sense of deja vu. Back in 2008, I noted that Ben and Jerry’s, in an act of civic virtue, promised free Ice Cream on election… Continue reading

“In ballot selfie battle, free speech beats fear of voter fraud”

October 26, 2016, 3:45 pmcampaignsRick Hasen

Alison Frankel blogs.

“Voting Booth Selfies Could Land You in Trouble”

October 26, 2016, 9:47 amcampaignsRick Hasen

CBS News reports. I talked to CBS’s Ben Tracy.

“Justin Timberlake’s voting selfie may have broken the law”

October 26, 2016, 7:51 amcampaignsRick Hasen

USA Today reports.

“Email shows Clinton campaign walking a fine line on fundraising”

October 26, 2016, 7:43 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

Michael Isikoff for Yahoo. Despite the headline, there does not appear to be anything close to the legal line here. In other words, the Clinton campaign was exploiting all the permissible avenues for raising money in a horrible legal system… Continue reading

“Total cost of 2016 election could reach $6.6 billion, CRP predicts”

October 26, 2016, 7:28 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

Open Secrets: Is 2016 the Year of the Billionaire when it comes to financing the election?… Candidates and news outlets have decried the outsized influence of a small number of donors throughout the election season. Here’s a startling statistic: The… Continue reading

“Trump Loyalists Planned Voter Intimidation Using Fake ID Badges, Fake Exit Polling — Until HuffPost Asked Them About It”

October 26, 2016, 7:24 amcampaigns, chicanery, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

The bizarre Roger Stone “exit poll” story gets weirder, via HuffPo.

“Consultant With Ties to Donald Trump Linked to Offer to Hide Source of Donations”

October 25, 2016, 8:06 amcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

NYT: A video posted on Monday by a British newspaper appeared to show a Republican consultant with ties to Donald J. Trump offering to disguise the source of contributions to a “super PAC” intended to aid Mr. Trump’s… Continue reading

“Complaints allege House Democrats’ Trump ads break campaign finance law”

October 25, 2016, 8:01 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

Politico: A conservative-leaning watchdog group is accusing the DCCC and a dozen of its candidates of using illegal advertising practices this fall, arguing in new complaints that the committee has used its ad strategy to direct extra money to a… Continue reading

“Experts: Actions of Democratic operatives in latest undercover James O’Keefe video are likely not a violation of the law”

October 25, 2016, 7:55 amcampaign finance, campaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

Business Insider: Conservative activist James O’Keefe released another undercover sting video on Monday that he claimed proved Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton illegally coordinated with an outside organization. But what O’Keefe considered illegal activity is most likely not, election law… Continue reading

“Campaigns Brace for Election-Day Legal Battles”

October 25, 2016, 7:42 amcampaigns, election administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

WSJ reports.

“Clinton Campaign Mulled Embracing Sanders’s Agenda Against Corruption”

October 25, 2016, 7:37 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

Common Dreams: Neera Tanden, the president of the think tank, Center for American Progress, produced a memo on government reform and public corruption that was sent to John Podesta, campaign chairman, and Jake Sullivan, a senior policy adviser to the… Continue reading

“Developing Empirical Evidence for Campaign Finance Cases”

October 24, 2016, 2:16 pmcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

Brennan Center: This report reviews the current state of campaign finance law, explains how the Supreme Court has considered evidence in campaign finance cases, and identifies the key empirical questions in campaign finance law that have been or need to… Continue reading