“Virginia Is Corrupt: It’s shocking what Gov. McDonnell and attorney general Cuccinelli get away with, thanks to the state’s lax ethics laws.”
Dahlia Lithwick writes for Slate.
Category Archives: campaigns
Also, there was a election Tuesday for U.S. Senate
In Massachusetts. Fifth in seven years. Anyone know where that frequency sits on the record books?
Please consider this the awkward transition to non-Shelby-County news for the day.
Winning Election Candidate Disqualified Based on Campaign Violations
Every once in a while, these sorts of stories crop up overseas (in the UK, for example, or Thailand): a winning candidate is barred from office based on campaign statements. Now, it’s hit American shores: the winner of… Continue reading
“Citing FEC Ruling, Judge Says N.H. Cannot Prevent ‘Push-Polls’ by Federal Campaigns”
Bloomberg BNA: “Citing a Federal Election Commission ruling issued last year, a state judge in New Hampshire has said that federal campaign finance law preempts a state law designed to curb push-polling (Delaney v. Bass, Victory Committee, N.H. Super.… Continue reading
“NJ Supreme Court rejects special election challenge”
The special Senate election is on for October.
(h/t BAN.)
“Mike Duggan can’t run for Detroit mayor, Michigan appeals court rules”
Detroit Free Press: “Former Detroit Medical Center CEO Mike Duggan is not eligible to run for mayor of Detroit because he did not meet city residency requirements, the Michigan Court of Appeals ruled today.”
I cannot find the… Continue reading
245% Increase in Independent Spending on Presidential Election from 2008 to 2012
Adjusting for inflation, the figure is a mere 224% increase.
That’s a tidbit I’ve just calculated for the upcoming 2013 Supplement to Lowenstein, Hasen, & Tokaji, Election Law–Cases and Materials (5th ed. 2012).
“‘Walking-Around Money’: How Machine Politics Works in America Today”
The Atlantic reports, with the subhead: “The practice of handing over cash to turn out votes used to be an urban Democratic specialty. Are rural Republicans getting in on the fun?”
“GOP accused of buying votes at Indy Pride”
Register to vote and get a chance to win a TV?
“Lying in Campaigns—and the Functions of Super PACs”
Bob Bauer:
Rick Hasen recently published an interesting article on the legal remedies for malicious lying in politics. Richard L. Hasen, A Constitutional Right to Lie in Campaigns and Elections, 74 Mont. L. Rev. 53 (Winter 2013) . He… Continue reading
“Some mull running in special election while Democrats consider challenging it”
The latest from New Jersey.
“Chris Christie’s Catch-22 — and why he made the right (political) decision”
Democrats Threaten Litigation Over Christie Scheduling of Election
This could be interesting.