“No room at RNC for campaign finance watchdog? Group’s director doesn’t buy it.”
The Fix on Open Secrets shut out by RNC.
Category Archives: campaigns
“New Report Finds State Court Judges Tend to Decide Election Cases Based on Partisan Loyalty”
ACS release:
A new study by independent researchers at Emory Law School finds that the upward spiral of big money fundraising and aggressive politics in state judicial elections pressures judges to become partisan actors who favor their own party in… Continue reading
“Every Voice Praises Clinton for Pledging to Make Reform A ‘Top Priority'”
Lessig Claims Victory in Campaign Finance Fight
At Medium.
Larry tweets that he did not claim victory: ” I did not! All the credit went to @everyvoice.”
Don McGahn (Trump’s Lawyer) Statement on VA Delegate Case
Via Facebook:
Trump Campaign Attorney and former FEC Chairman Don McGahn issued the following statement:
“The court has confirmed what we have said all along: Rule 16 is in effect and thus delegates, including Correll, are bound to vote in… Continue reading
“Donald Trump hopes to cure cash woes with $449,400-per-ticket fundraiser”
“‘Politics are corrupt’: fears about money and its influence on elections loom large”
“Write-in legislative candidates win spots on the November ballot, in some cases with only a handful of votes”
“Here’s how presidential candidates sell your personal information”
“Ballot order flip would put Republican’s name first”
News from North Carolina (as you’d expect):
If signed by Gov. Pat McCrory, a change in state election law approved in the final hours of the 2016 legislative session would ensure the name of Phil Berger Jr. appears first on… Continue reading
“California’s very long November ballot is now official — and it might get even longer”
John Myers for the LAT:
California elections officials announced Thursday that 17 measures have earned a spot on the Nov. 8 statewide ballot, a bumper crop of voter choices ranging from marijuana legalization to repeal of the death penalty and… Continue reading
“Questionable tax-free payments to Trump staffers raise ‘red flags'”
CNBC:
A series of filing anomalies point to a Donald Trump camp that is either unaware of campaign finance law, or is actively funneling donors’ cash to insiders, according to several experts interviewed by CNBC.
These “red flags,” as… Continue reading
“A Campaign is Not a Personal Piggy Bank”
Mitt Romney on the Campaign Finance Mess
Speaking to John Dickerson at the Aspen Ideas Festival (via a transcript):
DICKERSON: You were known as a pretty good fund-raiser. Did you though enjoy it? Is it something that if you could fix the system you would say, you… Continue reading