Category Archives: campaigns

“The ballot order effect is huge: evidence from Texas”

August 20, 2017, 10:39 amcampaigns, election administrationRick Hasen

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

“At Senator Menendez’s Trial, Stakes Are High for Democrats”

August 17, 2017, 10:23 amcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

Shane Goldmacher for the NYT: If Mr. Menendez, a Democrat, is convicted and then expelled from the United States Senate by early January, his replacement would be picked by Gov. Chris Christie, the Republican governor of New Jersey and an… Continue reading

“Here’s a voter fraud myth: Richard Daley ‘stole’ Illinois for John Kennedy in the 1960 election”

August 8, 2017, 8:51 amcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

Paul von Hippel: President Trump has chartered a Commission on Election Integrity to investigate his claim that millions of voters, including undocumented immigrants, voted illegally in 2016. Although no evidence has been offered to support this allegation, it does evoke… Continue reading

“Trump Already Profiting from 2020 Campaign”

August 7, 2017, 6:14 pmcampaign finance, campaigns, conflict of interest lawsRick Hasen

Ciara Torres-Spelliscy blogs.

CCP Files Brief in SCOTUS Travel Ban Case on Free Speech of Candidates

August 3, 2017, 12:07 pmcampaigns, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Interesting read. You can find my contrary views in this Slate piece.

“Trump’s fundraising prowess keeps Republican Party close”

August 2, 2017, 6:31 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

AP: Trump’s fundraising prowess is the engine of the Republican National Committee and a lifeline for every Republican planning to rely on the party for financial help during next year’s congressional races. Leaning heavily on Trump’s appeal among small donors,… Continue reading

Must-Read: “Secret donations are helping to boost President Trump’s agenda, fights with investigators”

July 30, 2017, 8:01 pmcampaignsRick Hasen

The great Fredreka Schouten of USA Today with this piece: Groups spending millions in anonymous donations are leading the outside efforts to either defend President Trump or sell his agenda with voters and Congress, despite the president’s repeated calls to… Continue reading

“5 Ways to Interfere in American Elections—Without Breaking the Law”

July 24, 2017, 12:40 pmcampaign finance, campaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

Uri Friedman for The Atlantic.

Ronald Klain on Where Trump is Making His Mark: The Judiciary

July 21, 2017, 7:22 amcampaignsRick Hasen

Klain in WaPo: What about Trump? He not only put Neil M. Gorsuch in the Supreme Court vacancy created by Merrick Garland’s blocked confirmation, but he also selected 27 lower-court judges as of mid-July. Twenty-seven! That’s three times Obama’s total… Continue reading

“Hill investigators, Trump staff look to Facebook for critical answers in Russia probe”

July 20, 2017, 5:16 pmcampaigns, chicanery, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

CNN: There are two questions. One is: Was there coordination or collusion between the campaigns and these technology tools, which overwhelmed the search engine tools so that certain stories popped up at the top of your newsfeed. The second is,… Continue reading

Today’s Must Read: “Exclusive: Read the Previously Undisclosed Plan to Counter Russian Hacking on Election Day”

July 20, 2017, 7:44 amcampaigns, chicanery, election administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Quite a wow from Time: President Obama’s White House quietly produced a plan in October to counter a possible Election Day cyber attack that included extraordinary measures like sending armed federal law enforcement agents to polling places, mobilizing components of… Continue reading