Category Archives: campaigns
“I Ran Digital For A 2016 Presidential Campaign. Here’s What Russia Might Have Got For $100,000”
Kevin Bingle:
One common response to the news that a Kremlin-linked online operation in Russia bought $100,000 worth of Facebook ads during the 2016 election campaign has been that the money is a drop in the bucket relative to the… Continue reading
“Russia’s Facebook Ads Could Spell Trouble for Any American Who Lent a Hand”
“FEC Might Act on Russia-Linked Facebook Political Ads: Official”
Bloomberg BNA:
The revelation that Russian sources financed political ads on Facebook in the 2016 presidential campaign could prompt enforcement action by the Federal Election Commission, agency Vice Chairwoman Caroline Hunter said.
“It’s something we can and should deal with… Continue reading
Judge Posner Says He Plans to Manage His Cat’s Campaign for President in 2020
Chicago Daily Law Bulletin:
In his e-mail, Posner wrote leaving the bench opens the way for him to assist Pixie, a Maine Coon cat who succeeded the late Dinah.
Pixie intends to run for president in 2020, Posner wrote in… Continue reading
“Facebook says it sold political ads to Russian company during 2016 election”
WaPo:
Representatives of Facebook told congressional investigators Wednesday that it has discovered it sold ads during the U.S. presidential election to a shadowy Russian company seeking to target voters, according to several people familiar with the company’s findings.
Facebook officials… Continue reading
“Ballot Selfies Could Lead To Voter Pressure, Expert Says”
Law360:
Allowing voters to take selfies with their marked ballots could allow groups to put pressure on members to reveal their votes, a political science professor testified Tuesday in the New York federal bench trial of a suit by voters… Continue reading
“Judge: Amherst term limits don’t bar clerk from run for supervisor”
“U.S. state election officials still in the dark on Russian hacking”
Reuters:
The federal government has not notified U.S. state election officials if their voting systems were targeted by suspected Russian hackers during the 2016 presidential campaign, and the information will likely never be made public, a top state election chief… Continue reading
“Watchdogs File FCC Complaints Regarding Lack of Disclosure in Most Expensive House Race in History”
Release:
Today, Issue One and Campaign Legal Center (CLC) filed six complaints with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) against two Atlanta-based television stations in the aftermath of the special election in Georgia’s 6th Congressional District, which was the most… Continue reading
“Lobbyist at Trump Campaign Meeting Has a Web of Russian Connections”
NYT deep dive:
Rinat Akhmetshin, a Russian immigrant who met last summer with senior Trump campaign officials, has often struck colleagues as a classic Washington mercenary — loyal to his wife, his daughter and his bank account. He avoided work… Continue reading
“Trump ramping up for 2020 reelection”
Politico:
Trump is mapping out a fall fundraising tour that is expected to fill his campaign bank account with tens of millions of dollars. His team has tracked dozens of potential Democratic rivals, a list of names that ranges from… Continue reading
“Trump’s Small-Dollar Donors Help Salve His Big Business Bruises”
Bloomberg:
Small-dollar donors — those who give a total of less than $200 per year — have provided 59 percent of the $26 million that Trump’s re-election campaign has raised so far in 2017. A good share of that total… Continue reading
“The ballot order effect is huge: evidence from Texas”
Darren Grant for Public Choice:
Primary and runoff elections in Texas provide an ideal test of the ballot order hypothesis, because ballot order is randomized within each county and the state offers many counties and contests to analyze. Doing so… Continue reading