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Jeff John Roberts for Fortune. … Continue reading
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Letter via Dominic Holden. … Continue reading
Ross Todd reports the judge so ruled it is because the ACLU waited too long to file suit (and it doesn’t matter that the law changes on Jan. 1). This is in line with the recent Sixth Circuit ruling: “Call … Continue reading
A Twitter user complained about dirty tricks using tweets telling voters they can vote by text from home. (They can’t). Twitter says it won’t remove the items. Bad policy. UPDATE: TPM reports the account has been suspended. … Continue reading
Recode: A huge percentage of election-related talk on Twitter isn’t coming from humans. It’s coming from bots. And the majority of those bots are gunning for Trump to win the race, according to a paper released yesterday from Oxford University’s … Continue reading
WSJ: Despite legal rulings allowing companies, trade groups and unions to spend unlimited sums supporting political candidates, they still trail far behind wealthy individuals in political spending, a new study finds. A study by the Conference Board’s Committee for Economic … Continue reading
Electionland: Supporters of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump continue to gather in front of the West Palm Beach, Florida, supervisor of elections’ office and shout at Hillary Clinton supporters and voters through bullhorns as they use the early voting location, … Continue reading
See this order (via Jon Ralston). … Continue reading
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Philadelphia Inquirer: Two points about the SEPTA timing: TWU Local 234 stayed firm to its pledge to walk out if no agreement was reached by the 12:01 a.m. deadline. And, the deadline was just eight days before one of the … Continue reading
Voice of OC: With a week to go until the election, The Walt Disney Company’s spending on Anaheim City Council races has blown past the record it set in 2014 and is approaching the $1-million mark, according to the most … Continue reading
Jay Willis for GQ. … Continue reading
Bloomberg BNA: Nonprofits that keep donors secret but are closely linked to Democratic and Republican Senate leaders have spent more than $10 million on television, radio and mail ads in key races that may determine control of the Senate, according … Continue reading
Pretty broad discovery required in short order, with hearing on November 4. The judge rejected much of the discovery sought by the DNC given the time frame, but this should alone should be pretty educational on what efforts are actually … Continue reading
Here is the complaint. After asserting the law’s unconstitutionality, the complaint states: “Moreover, the California legislature has already repealed the laws that Plaintiffs challenge, illustrating the lack of government interest in their enforcement. But because of the timing of this repeal, … Continue reading
McClatchy reports. As I’m quoted saying in the article, I don’t believe the issue of legality is settled, despite the 9th Circuit precedent. … Continue reading
NBC News: The FBI has been conducting a preliminary inquiry into Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort’s foreign business connections, law enforcement and intelligence sources told NBC News Monday. Word of the inquiry, which has not blossomed into a … Continue reading
Franklin Foer with one of the more bizarre, and worrisome, stories of this bizarre and worrisome election season. … Continue reading
Wow report from Manu Raju at CNN. … Continue reading
Brendan Fischer for Moyers & Co. … Continue reading
CPI: Pro-Hillary Clinton super PAC Correct the Record accepted $250,000 in illegal contributions from a charity backed by a Boston-based construction firm already in trouble this year for its political donations. Suffolk Cares Inc., a nonprofit charity registered under section … Continue reading
The Post and Courier. … Continue reading
Cincinnati Enquirer: Outside of a single unsubstantiated tweet, there is currently no evidence Donald Trump supporters with dogs harassed African-Americans voting early in Cincinnati. At about 10 p.m. Sunday, Christian writer and progressive political activist Jim Wallis tweeted to his 32,600 … Continue reading
WaPo editorial: Voters in four states — California, Missouri, South Dakota and Washington — will vote on statewide ballot measures dealing with abuses in the campaign finance system. The measures range from support for a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens … Continue reading
WaPo: Donald Trump’s campaign manager on Sunday forcefully disavowed a supporter as “deplorable” for chanting “Jew-S-A!” at a weekend rally, the latest incident of anti-Semitic rhetoric used by some of the GOP nominee’s backers. “[The man’s] conduct is completely unacceptable … Continue reading
Yeah, it’s funny. But it’s not. Ballot selfies can facilitate coercion, not just vote buying. … Continue reading
Painter in the NYT opinion section: But it would be highly improper, and an abuse of power, for the F.B.I. to conduct such an investigation in the public eye, particularly on the eve of the election. It would be an … Continue reading
Electionland: An image has begun circulating on Twitter that appears to show an immigration officer arresting someone in line to vote. The image is a hoax, as is the accompanying threatening language directed at Hispanic voters. The image is a … Continue reading
Boston Globe/Center for Responsive Politics: From 2010 through 2014, Strouss and Bradley, along with founding partner Michael Thornton and his wife, donated nearly $1.6 million to Democratic Party fund-raising committees and a parade of politicians — from Senate minority … Continue reading
A majority opinion (by Judge Sutton), a concurrence, and a dissent. Judge Sutton’s main point is that this comes too late in the election season for Michigan to make a change now: “Call it what you will—laches, the Purcell principle, … Continue reading
Ban on electioneering. … Continue reading
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NYT: Disclosures filed with the Federal Election Commission on Thursday revealed tens of millions of dollars in late donations and transfers to Republican “super PACs” focused on down-ballot races, suggesting a significant last-ditch effort to protect Senate and House candidates … Continue reading
Ct. Mirror: House Majority Leader Joe Aresimowicz, D-Berlin, told reporters Thursday morning that someone should lose their job over the digital attack ad a union political action committee placed against Dr. William Petit, a home-invasion survivor. By nightfall, someone did. … Continue reading
CPI reports. … Continue reading
Teddy Schleifer for CNN: The super PAC has flipped that money almost immediately into a new advertising push in a half-dozen states financed entirely by the late checks. Those contributions will not be reported until December, though many expect Sheldon … Continue reading
Fredreka Schouten for USA Today: WASHINGTON — Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has repeatedly declared he’s putting $100 million of his own money into his White House bid. But he still has a long way to go, according to reports … Continue reading
Arizona’s Politics. … Continue reading
WaPo: Lobbyists have not been allowed onto Hillary Clinton’s transition team, nor has the Democratic presidential nominee indicated whether she, if elected, would lift President Barack Obama’s restrictions on lobbyists working in the administration. But lobbyists have raised millions of dollars for … Continue reading
Josh Zeitz for Politico Magazine. … Continue reading
Ryan Reilly for HuffPo: The founder of a fringe right-wing group issued a “call to action” this week asking members of the organization to go undercover to watch for voter fraud and voter intimidation at polling places on Election Day. … Continue reading
Patrick Marley: Republican Attorney General Brad Schimel asked Wisconsin’s top judge Thursday to investigate a leak in September that hurt conservatives — but not earlier ones that helped them. “Even a cursory review of those documents published (by the Guardian U.S.) … Continue reading
Discovery now and oral argument on November 2. Lyle Denniston has the details. … Continue reading
The CS Monitor reports. … Continue reading
Haaretz reports. … Continue reading
Release: Based on these scenarios CFI concludes that Initiative 1464 could well have a transformative effect on Washington politics. At a minimum, it would reduce the electoral importance of the business-oriented interest groups that give the bulk of campaign contributions … Continue reading