Category Archives: campaigns
“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
“Ballot selfies: A look at where they are allowed or not”
“Former Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer: Hispanic Dems ‘Don’t Get Out And Vote’”
Self-defeating prophecy?
Gabriel Debenedetti: The @AZDemParty now raising $ for Latino GOTV off Jan Brewer’s claim to @mviser that Hispanics “don’t get out & vote” (“challenge accepted”)
“Souter warned of a Trump-like candidate in prescient remarks”
Hedge Fund Manager Gives $21 Million to Pro-Clinton Super-PAC, Pushing Campaign Finance Reform
Matea Gold for WaPo on an unusual plutocrat:
The Florida-based investor said he has contributed $40 million to Democratic super PACs and allied groups in 2016, double what he had planned to spend at the beginning of the election. He… Continue reading