Category Archives: campaigns

NYT Reporting Suggests That Cindy Yang Illegally Funneled Contributions Through Conduits to Reach $50,000 Threshold for Picture with Donald Trump

March 16, 2019, 12:42 pmcampaign finance, campaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

This story is going to get bigger: The Republican National Committee promised an “evening reception with Donald J. Trump” last March at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Fla.A contribution of $2,700 toward the president’s re-election would get you in… Continue reading

“Biggest GOP field since 2012 to compete in North Carolina’s 9th district primary”

March 16, 2019, 11:53 amcampaignsRick Hasen

News & Observer: Like the election fraud controversy itself, the special election will attract national attention. Some analysts say it could be a preview of 2020 in what once again is expected to be a swing state, as well… Continue reading

“Small-dollar donors could hold the balance in 2020”

March 15, 2019, 8:10 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

Kate Ackley for Roll Call.

“Documents shed light on Russian hacking of Democratic Party leaders”

March 14, 2019, 8:21 pmcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

WaPo: Documents unsealed Thursday in a lawsuit have shed new light on how hackers breached Democratic Party email accounts before the 2016 election.The documents include a forensic analysis by a former top official in the FBI’s cybercrime division, which… Continue reading

North Carolina Elections Board Issues Unanimous 46-Page Damning Set of Factual Findings and Legal Conclusions Related to Bladen County #NC09 Absentee Ballot Crimes, Explaining Why It Ordered New Election

March 13, 2019, 7:34 amabsentee ballots, campaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

From the introduction: A new election is the gravest remedy available to this State agency that has, for a century, supervised elections meant to ensure “[a]ll political power is vested in and derived from the people; all government of… Continue reading

“Federal investigators issue subpoenas in NC-9 investigation”

March 11, 2019, 8:04 pmcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

WBTV: The Department of Justice has issued subpoenas for a federal grand jury investigation into allegations of election fraud in North Carolina’s 9th Congressional District.The US Department of Justice’s Public Integrity Section has issued at least three subpoenas for… Continue reading

“Facebook and Twitter Turned to TurboVote to Drive Registrations. Officials Want Them to Turn Away.”

March 11, 2019, 3:29 pmcampaigns, election administration, voter registrationRick Hasen

ProPublica: n 2018, Facebook and Twitter decided to play a role in helping people register to vote in what promised to be a momentous midterm election. To do so, the social media platforms directed users almost exclusively to a… Continue reading

“Everyone involved in the 2016 hush-money payments says they were campaign-related — except Trump”

March 11, 2019, 8:16 amcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

Philip Bump for WaPo.

“Campaign Finance Group to 2020 Dems: Disavow and Shut Down All Super PACs”

March 10, 2019, 7:43 pmcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

Daily Beast: The fight over big money in the 2020 Democratic primary is reaching a new pitch on Friday with an open letter from advocates aimed at presidential candidates benefiting from a single-candidate Super PAC.End Citizens United, the Progressive Change… Continue reading

“Trump’s massive reelection campaign has 2016 themes — and a 2020 infrastructure”

March 10, 2019, 7:36 pmcampaignsRick Hasen

WaPo: President Trump and his advisers are launching a behemoth 2020 campaign operation combining his raw populist message from 2016 with a massive data-gathering and get-out-the-vote push aimed at dwarfing any previous presidential reelection effort, according to campaign advisers,… Continue reading

“A mysterious payment to Paul Manafort’s lawyer reveals a hidden chapter of Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign”

March 10, 2019, 11:23 amcampaign finance, campaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

A lot going on in this CNBC story by Christina Wilkie.

“Trump threatens to block networks from hosting debates after Dems reject Fox” (in primaries)

March 6, 2019, 8:08 pmcampaigns, political partiesJustin Levitt

Sigh.

2020 Presidential candidates

March 6, 2019, 3:08 pmcampaignsJustin Levitt

You knew that Michael Bloomberg, Eric Holder, Jeff Merkley, and Hillary Clinton have all announced in the last two days that they’re not running for President in 2020. But did you know that, as of today, you… Continue reading

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