Monthly Archives: July 2012

“As DISCLOSE Act stalls, Super PAC reserves $6 million in ad time for House races”

July 16, 2012, 9:59 pmcampaign financeRick Hasen

WaPo reports. LA Times: “Looking for a little late-night campaign disclosure politics? Click over to C-SPAN2, as Senate Democrats plan to keep the Senate open well past midnight Eastern time to protest a Republican filibuster of the Disclose Act.”… Continue reading

“Brinks Trucks in the Campaign”

July 16, 2012, 9:52 pmcampaign financeRick Hasen

Ciara Torres-Spelliscy blogs.

“Tax-Exempt Group’s Election Activity Highlights Limits of Campaign Finance Rules”

July 16, 2012, 9:50 pmcampaign finance, tax law and election lawRick Hasen

NYT: ” In early 2010, a new organization called the Commission on Hope, Growth and Opportunity filed for nonprofit, tax-exempt status, telling the Internal Revenue Service it was not going to spend any money on campaigns. Weeks later, tax-exempt status… Continue reading

Sarah Silverman Adelson Ad Funded by Super PAC

July 16, 2012, 9:46 pmcampaign financeRick Hasen

Irony Dept: Sarah Silverman’s raunchy (definitely NSFW) video (and accompanying “Scissor Sheldon” website) asking Sheldon Adelson to send his money to Obama not Romney is funded by a Super PAC: “ScissorSheldon is a product of Schlep Labs. ScissorSheldon,… Continue reading

DISCLOSE Act Senate Debate on Cloture Coming Momentarily

July 16, 2012, 2:36 pmcampaign financeRick Hasen

You should be able to watch here (click on live floor proceedings).

“Suppressing the vote, state by state; The evidence is overwhelming that recent photo ID laws are politically motivated.”

July 16, 2012, 2:34 pmcampaign financeRick Hasen

LA Times editorial.

To the Point on Big Money is 2012 Election

July 16, 2012, 2:33 pmcampaign financeRick Hasen

Big Money and Secret Money in the 2012 Campaign (12:07PM) It’s a game-changing year in the election business. This is the first presidential campaign season operating under new rules about donations, which allow unlimited funds to flow in from corporations,… Continue reading

“WyLiberty Attorneys File Motion for Preliminary Injunction in Free Speech v. Federal Election Commission”

July 16, 2012, 2:17 pmcampaign financeRick Hasen

Press release: “WyLiberty attorneys filed a motion for preliminary injunction in Free Speech v. Federal Election Commission (FEC), a case that began in Wyoming federal court last month. The motion calls for a nationwide injunction against campaign finance… Continue reading

“BREAKING NEWS: State high court declines to rehear city’s appeal in ballot case”

July 16, 2012, 2:17 pmelection administrationRick Hasen

The latest from Aspen, Colorado.

How Many Non-Citizen Voters Actually Removed by Florida Vote Purges?

July 16, 2012, 2:15 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, votingRick Hasen

Today on AirTalk Hans von Spakovsky said that Florida officials had removed 50 non-citizen voters already from the voter rolls. I said that I was not familiar with that statistic, and so I wondered about its veracity. (Why would I… Continue reading

“The weakening of state and local parties; The new campaign finance regime is taking a toll on state parties.”

July 16, 2012, 2:06 pmcampaign finance, political partiesRick Hasen

Neil Reiff: “Way back in May of 2004, I co-authored an article in this magazine that warned state and local parties about the new minefield of campaign finance created by the then-recently enacted Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (BCRA). Today, these… Continue reading

Measuring the Effects of Voter ID Laws?

July 16, 2012, 11:37 amvoter idJustin Levitt

Yesterday, Nate Silver posted a column entitled “Measuring the Effects of Voter Identification Laws” on his popular (and informative) FiveThirtyEight page of the New York Times. Rick linked to the column here, calling it an “absolute must-read.”… Continue reading

About to Be on KPCC’s Airtalk

July 16, 2012, 9:55 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter registrationRick Hasen

Talking about the Florida voter purge list controversy and the voting wars.

“Senate Choice on DISCLOSE Act Is Clear: Transparency vs. Secret Political Slush Funds”

July 16, 2012, 9:53 amcampaign financeRick Hasen

Public Citizen Press Release: Senate Choice on DISCLOSE Act Is Clear: Transparency vs. Secret Political Slush Funds Will Senate Republicans Again Block Disclosure of Campaign Money? WASHINGTON, D.C. – Public Citizen today urged the U.S. Senate to pass the… Continue reading