Category Archives: campaigns

Kevin Bingle: One common response to the news that a Kremlin-linked online operation in Russia bought $100,000 worth of Facebook ads during the 2016 election campaign has been that the money is a drop in the bucket relative to the… Continue reading

“Russia’s Facebook Ads Could Spell Trouble for Any American Who Lent a Hand”

September 8, 2017, 7:38 amcampaign finance, campaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

Brendan Fischer blogs.

“FEC Might Act on Russia-Linked Facebook Political Ads: Official”

September 7, 2017, 9:26 pmcampaign finance, campaigns, chicanery, federal election commissionRick Hasen

Bloomberg BNA: The revelation that Russian sources financed political ads on Facebook in the 2016 presidential campaign could prompt enforcement action by the Federal Election Commission, agency Vice Chairwoman Caroline Hunter said. “It’s something we can and should deal with… Continue reading

Judge Posner Says He Plans to Manage His Cat’s Campaign for President in 2020

September 6, 2017, 3:47 pmcampaigns, election law "humor"Rick Hasen

Chicago Daily Law Bulletin: In his e-mail, Posner wrote leaving the bench opens the way for him to assist Pixie, a Maine Coon cat who succeeded the late Dinah. Pixie intends to run for president in 2020, Posner wrote in… Continue reading

“Facebook says it sold political ads to Russian company during 2016 election”

September 6, 2017, 1:10 pmcampaign finance, campaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

WaPo: Representatives of Facebook told congressional investigators Wednesday that it has discovered it sold ads during the U.S. presidential election to a shadowy Russian company seeking to target voters, according to several people familiar with the company’s findings. Facebook officials… Continue reading

“Ballot Selfies Could Lead To Voter Pressure, Expert Says”

August 30, 2017, 2:18 pmcampaignsRick Hasen

Law360: Allowing voters to take selfies with their marked ballots could allow groups to put pressure on members to reveal their votes, a political science professor testified Tuesday in the New York federal bench trial of a suit by voters… Continue reading

“Judge: Amherst term limits don’t bar clerk from run for supervisor”

August 27, 2017, 3:50 pmcampaignsRick Hasen

Buffalo News reports.

“U.S. state election officials still in the dark on Russian hacking”

August 25, 2017, 7:42 amcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

Reuters: The federal government has not notified U.S. state election officials if their voting systems were targeted by suspected Russian hackers during the 2016 presidential campaign, and the information will likely never be made public, a top state election chief… Continue reading

“Watchdogs File FCC Complaints Regarding Lack of Disclosure in Most Expensive House Race in History”

August 22, 2017, 8:31 pmcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

Release: Today, Issue One and Campaign Legal Center (CLC) filed six complaints with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) against two Atlanta-based television stations in the aftermath of the special election in Georgia’s 6th Congressional District, which was the most… Continue reading

“Lobbyist at Trump Campaign Meeting Has a Web of Russian Connections”

August 21, 2017, 7:15 amcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

NYT deep dive: Rinat Akhmetshin, a Russian immigrant who met last summer with senior Trump campaign officials, has often struck colleagues as a classic Washington mercenary — loyal to his wife, his daughter and his bank account. He avoided work… Continue reading

“Trump ramping up for 2020 reelection”

August 21, 2017, 7:02 amcampaignsRick Hasen

Politico: Trump is mapping out a fall fundraising tour that is expected to fill his campaign bank account with tens of millions of dollars. His team has tracked dozens of potential Democratic rivals, a list of names that ranges from… Continue reading

“Trump’s Small-Dollar Donors Help Salve His Big Business Bruises”

August 21, 2017, 6:56 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

Bloomberg: Small-dollar donors — those who give a total of less than $200 per year — have provided 59 percent of the $26 million that Trump’s re-election campaign has raised so far in 2017. A good share of that total… Continue reading