“Trump Loyalists Planned Voter Intimidation Using Fake ID Badges, Fake Exit Polling — Until HuffPost Asked Them About It”
The bizarre Roger Stone “exit poll” story gets weirder, via HuffPo.
Category Archives: campaigns
“Consultant With Ties to Donald Trump Linked to Offer to Hide Source of Donations”
NYT:
A video posted on Monday by a British newspaper appeared to show a Republican consultant with ties to Donald J. Trump offering to disguise the source of contributions to a “super PAC” intended to aid Mr. Trump’s… Continue reading
“Complaints allege House Democrats’ Trump ads break campaign finance law”
Politico:
A conservative-leaning watchdog group is accusing the DCCC and a dozen of its candidates of using illegal advertising practices this fall, arguing in new complaints that the committee has used its ad strategy to direct extra money to a… Continue reading
“Experts: Actions of Democratic operatives in latest undercover James O’Keefe video are likely not a violation of the law”
Business Insider:
Conservative activist James O’Keefe released another undercover sting video on Monday that he claimed proved Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton illegally coordinated with an outside organization.
But what O’Keefe considered illegal activity is most likely not, election law… Continue reading
“Campaigns Brace for Election-Day Legal Battles”
“Clinton Campaign Mulled Embracing Sanders’s Agenda Against Corruption”
Common Dreams:
Neera Tanden, the president of the think tank, Center for American Progress, produced a memo on government reform and public corruption that was sent to John Podesta, campaign chairman, and Jake Sullivan, a senior policy adviser to the… Continue reading
“Developing Empirical Evidence for Campaign Finance Cases”
Brennan Center:
This report reviews the current state of campaign finance law, explains how the Supreme Court has considered evidence in campaign finance cases, and identifies the key empirical questions in campaign finance law that have been or need to… Continue reading
Federal Court Bars Enforcement of Michigan Ballot Selfie Law, Citing First Amendment Concerns
See the order granting a preliminary injunction.
“Trump: ‘Too much is being made’ about what I said in the debate”
Politico has the audio of Trump talking about his comment on keeping us in suspense if he loses:
“Yes, I think too much is being made,” Trump told Bo Thompson on WBT-AM’s “Charlotte’s Morning News.” “But, you know, everybody had… Continue reading
“Pillar of Law Institute Challenges Colorado “Ballot Selfie” Ban”
“Trump receives his first major newspaper endorsement, and he has Sheldon Adelson to thank”
How mega-donors helped raise $1 billion for Hillary Clinton”
WaPo:
The effort paid off. Together with the party and pro-Clinton super PACs, the Democratic nominee had amassed $1.14 billion to support her campaign by the end of September — on par with what Obama and his allies brought in… Continue reading
“Donald Trump’s Threat to Reject Election Results Alarms Scholars”
Max Fisher for the NYT.
“Outside Money Favors Hillary Clinton at a 2-to-1 Rate Over Donald Trump”
NYT:
Six years after a Supreme Court decision opened vast new channels for money to flow into national elections, Democrats have built the largest and best-coordinated apparatus of outside groups operating in the 2016 presidential campaign, defying expectations that conservative… Continue reading