“Israeli GOP Group Accepts Donations From non-Americans; Experts Question Legality”
Haaretz reports.
Category Archives: campaigns
“CFI Analysis: Washington’s Voucher Program Could be Transformative”
Release:
Based on these scenarios CFI concludes that Initiative 1464 could well have a transformative effect on Washington politics. At a minimum, it would reduce the electoral importance of the business-oriented interest groups that give the bulk of campaign contributions… Continue reading
“Some Donald Trump Voters Call for Revolution if Hillary Clinton Wins”
NYT:
People are going to march on the capitols,” said Mr. Halbrook, who works at a call center. “They’re going to do whatever needs to be done to get her out of office, because she does not belong there.”
“If… Continue reading
“Donations to Foundation Vexed Hillary Clinton’s Aides, Emails Show”
NYT:
In the years before Hillary Clinton announced she would run again for president, her top aides expressed profound concerns in internal emails about how foreign donations to the Clinton Foundation and Bill Clinton’s own moneymaking ventures would affect Mrs.… Continue reading
“Republicans place heavy bet on super PAC cash to hold Senate majority”
Paul Kane for WaPo.
“At ‘Poll Watcher Training’ Class, Republicans Trade Rumors, Fears of Fraud”
WSJ:
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has been raising hackles for weeks about a “stolen” election, and on Wednesday morning, in a suburban public library in northern Virginia, more than two dozen Republicans heeded his call.
The group had signed… Continue reading
“Do Trump’s calls for poll watchers constitute incitement?”
Koch Brothers Assess What Went Wrong with Political Strategy, Are Shredding Documents
Must-read Vogel.
Earlier in the month, the network held a document clean-up and retention week during which shredding bins were brought to the offices of various network groups, and employees were encouraged to identify sensitive files for destruction. Since… Continue reading
Trump Campaign Admits Its Strategy Depends on Suppressing Democratic Turnout, But Is It Illegal?
This must-read Bloomberg Business piece explains that with Trump behind, the campaign’s strategy depends upon lowering Democratic turnout:
To compensate for this, Trump’s campaign has devised another strategy, which, not surprisingly, is negative. Instead of expanding the electorate, Bannon and… Continue reading
Ballot Selfies, Ice Cream, Civic Virtue, and Election Integrity
In the fight over the constitutionality of bans on ballot selfies, I’m having a definite sense of deja vu.
Back in 2008, I noted that Ben and Jerry’s, in an act of civic virtue, promised free Ice Cream on election… Continue reading
“In ballot selfie battle, free speech beats fear of voter fraud”
“Voting Booth Selfies Could Land You in Trouble”
CBS News reports. I talked to CBS’s Ben Tracy.
“Justin Timberlake’s voting selfie may have broken the law”
“Email shows Clinton campaign walking a fine line on fundraising”
Michael Isikoff for Yahoo.
Despite the headline, there does not appear to be anything close to the legal line here. In other words, the Clinton campaign was exploiting all the permissible avenues for raising money in a horrible legal system… Continue reading