Category Archives: campaigns

DNC Restores Sanders Campaign Access to Data File

December 18, 2015, 9:47 pmcampaignsRick Hasen

Politico: Late Friday, after discussions with the DNC and a federal judge, Sanders’ campaign will regain access to the national voter file, a person close to the situation told POLITICO. The decision came after hours of negotiations, and it… Continue reading

Thoughts on Bernie Sanders Complaint Against DNC on Data Access

December 18, 2015, 2:25 pmcampaignsRick Hasen

I have posted here the complaint in Bernie 2016 v. DNC Services Corporation. Here is Exhibit A, the agreement. The complaint and exhibit basically make the following argument: The agreement between the DNC and the Sanders campaign required the… Continue reading

“As Trump Surges, Adelson Says He Might Sit Out Some Primaries”

December 18, 2015, 9:11 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

Bloomberg reports.

“DNC: Sanders campaign improperly accessed Clinton voter data”

December 17, 2015, 9:02 pmcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

WaPo reports. Officials with the Democratic National Committee have accused the presidential campaign of Sen. Bernie Sanders of improperly accessing confidential voter information gathered by the rival campaign of Hillary Clinton, according to several party officials. Jeff Weaver, Sanders’ campaign… Continue reading

“New Poll: Broad Support for Small-Donor Driven Solutions to Money in Politics”

December 17, 2015, 7:24 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

Every Voice: Seventy-two percent of Americans, a broad, bipartisan majority, support small-donor solutions to overhaul our broken campaign-finance system, according to new polling released today by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner for Democracy Corps and Every Voice. “Voters from across the… Continue reading

“Window for an independent Trump bid is wide open”

December 17, 2015, 7:19 amballot access, campaignsRick Hasen

I think this Politico piece seriously underestimates the hurdles facing Trump should he choose to run in a third-party bid.

“Adelson son-in-law orchestrated family’s purchase of Las Vegas Review-Journal”

December 16, 2015, 8:28 pmcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports (on itself).

“Donald Trump says there’s ‘no chance’ he’ll make a third-party bid”

December 16, 2015, 7:20 amballot access, campaignsRick Hasen

Yahoo News reports.

“Analysis: Super PACs dominate airwaves in presidential contest”

December 16, 2015, 7:04 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

Fredreka Schouten for USA Today.

“McConnell Can Make Super PACs Obsolete”

December 15, 2015, 6:14 amcampaign finance, campaigns, political partiesRick Hasen

David Bossie for the National Review.

“Inside the 2016 black market for donor emails”

December 15, 2015, 6:11 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

Shane Goldmacher for Politico: cott Walker has begun selling access to his email list to pay off his leftover presidential debt, renting out the email addresses of hundreds of thousands of supporters to former rivals, including Marco Rubio, John Kasich,… Continue reading

“Much-Anticipated FEC Legal Report Suggests Crossroads GPS Is a Political Committee”

December 14, 2015, 1:53 pmcampaign finance, campaigns, tax law and election lawRick Hasen

Craig Holman of Public Citizen: Note: As a result of a recent order in Public Citizen v. Federal Election Commission (FEC), the FEC has released a report (PDF) that has been kept under wraps for two years. It indicates… Continue reading

“The Kochs’ War on Poverty”

December 14, 2015, 1:49 pmcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

Vogel: The political operation created by the billionaire conservative mega-donors Charles and David Koch is quietly investing millions of dollars in programs to win over an unlikely demographic target for their brand of small-government conservatism ― poor people. The outreach… Continue reading