Category Archives: campaigns
“Prosecutors charge 2 campaign aides for Miami mayoral candidate Francis Suarez in absentee-ballot probe”
Miami Herald: “Miami-Dade prosecutors on Thursday charged two political operatives for Miami mayoral candidate Francis Suarez — including his campaign manager — with unlawfully submitting absentee-ballot requests online on behalf of voters….Francis Suarez, a sitting city commissioner and lawyer,… Continue reading
“NC State Elections Chairman Calls for Respect”
AP:
County election board members must work as colleagues and not political rivals, the new Republican chairman of the State Board of Elections said Wednesday as recent local board dust-ups have led to allegations of partisanship and voter suppression.
Josh… Continue reading
“Ted Cruz Releases His Birth Certificate”
WaPo:
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) released his birth certificate Sunday amid questions about whether he is eligible to run for president.
Cruz was born in Canada in 1970, to an American mother and Cuban father. By virtue of his… Continue reading
“Campaign Lies Are Common, But Are They Actionable?”
Marcia Coyle writes for NLJ: “Everybody lies, particularly in political campaigns, says the cynical voter. But should laws restricting speech challenged as untruthful get First Amendment scrutiny? A national pro-life advocacy group would answer yes, and is asking the U.S.… Continue reading
“Jesse Jackson Jr. Sentenced to 30 Months in Prison”
“Report argues for lifting ban on politics from the pulpit”
WaPo:
Even as polls show Americans broadly oppose electioneering from the pulpit, a new report by a group of faith leaders working closely with Capitol Hill argues for ending the decades-old ban on explicit clergy endorsements.
The report… Continue reading
Australia’s Compulsory Voting, Short Campaign Season Get the Daily Show Treatment
“Dan Wolf Will Continue His Run for Governor Despite Being Found Ineligible”
What?
State Senator and Democratic candidate for governor Dan Wolf said Wednesday that he would retain his office and continue his campaign despite a ruling from the State Ethics Commission that said his ownership stake in Cape Air actually prevents… Continue reading
“I Flirt and Tweet. Follow Me at #Socialbot”
Big political implications in this Ian Urbina piece in NYT’s Sunday Review:
Other bots have more underhanded ambitions. Last year, officials from Mexico’s governing Institutional Revolutionary Party were accused of using bots to sabotage the party’s critics by appropriating some… Continue reading
“Saboteurs in the Potato Salad”
Tim Egan:
Just now, a cell of several hundred people has been dispatched into the American summer, to picnics, town halls, radio stations, hospitals and Little League playing fields, with a mission to derail the economic recovery and drum up… Continue reading
“No, the Obama Campaign Didn’t Violate the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act”
Orin Kerr weighs in.
And with that, Stewart Baker’s point is totally demolished.
“Obama Probably Did Not Win the 2012 Election by Violating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act”
Ilya Somin blogs.
See my earlier coverage.
Stewart Baker Says Obama Campaign Violated Computer Fraud and Abuse Act in 2012 Campaign
and he further suggests that this is how the President won re-election.
I’ll let others weigh in on the alleged CFAA violation, something I know absolutely nothing about.
But I’m quite dubious that alleged violations of Facebook’s terms of service… Continue reading