Monthly Archives: January 2015

“Conservatives’ wish list for GOP retreat includes citizenship, voting bills”

January 14, 2015, 8:13 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Politico: The list also includes a bill King introduced in the last Congress that would change the rules determining who is considered a U.S. citizen, plus legislation from Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas that would require a “proof of… Continue reading

“Husted to seek review of 2014 election”

January 14, 2015, 7:47 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

AP reports from Ohio.

“A 2012 phenomenon could be a 2016 norm: Candidates hanging around thanks to super PAC spending”

January 14, 2015, 3:41 pmcampaign financeRick Hasen

WaPo reports.

Citizens United v FEC after Five Years

January 14, 2015, 2:25 pmUncategorizedRichard Pildes

Next Wednesday, Jan. 21st, is the fifth anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United. I’ll be participating in an intriguing conference The Center for Competitive Politics is hosting, which will kick off with an interview of the General… Continue reading

Covington Issues Advisory Telling Corporations How to Deal with Pesky Shareholders’ and Others’ Requests to Disclose Political Donations

January 14, 2015, 2:24 pmcampaign financeRick Hasen

Here.

“CMD Issues New Report on Latest Assault on Clean Election Laws”

January 14, 2015, 1:18 pmcampaign financeRick Hasen

Here.

“Center for Competitive Politics Reacts To Public Citizen Report”

January 14, 2015, 12:43 pmcampaign financeRick Hasen

Here.

The VRAA, as Expected, is Going Nowhere in the New Congress

January 14, 2015, 10:18 amVoting Rights Act, VRAARick Hasen

MSNBC: A top Republican has all but confirmed that Congress won’t move forward with legislation to strengthen the Voting Rights Act (VRA), which was badly weakened by the Supreme Court in 2013. Rep. Bob Goodlatte, who chairs the House… Continue reading

“Tax credit for $200 in political giving could encourage small donors”

January 14, 2015, 9:17 amcampaign finance, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

David Gans LA Times oped: The policy landscape is highly polarized, with the two sides talking past each other. Rather than simply rehearsing the same stale debates, we need to find different approaches. One is to enact a federal tax… Continue reading

“Study Shows Big Donors Dominated Competitive 2014 Congressional Races”

January 14, 2015, 9:15 amcampaign financeRick Hasen

US Pirg: U.S. PIRG today released a new study, “The Money Chase: Moving from Big Money Dominance in the 2014 Midterms to a Small Donor Democracy,” at a joint research summit with seven other major money in politics organizations.… Continue reading

“Groups Have Deep Ties to Campaigns and Parties They Support, Discrediting Key Assumption in Supreme Court’s Citizens United Decision”

January 14, 2015, 7:06 amcampaign finance, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Release: Single-candidate super PACs represented 45 percent of all super PACs that spent at least $100,000 during this election cycle, a new Public Citizen report shows. The report is the latest installment in a series Public Citizen began… Continue reading

“Election Spending 2014: Outside Spending in Senate Races Since ‘Citizens United'”

January 14, 2015, 7:03 amcampaign finance, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

New Brennan Center report: Key findings include: Outside spending by a tiny number of mega-rich donors has played an increasingly important role in each federal election since Citizens United. Outside spending on Senate elections has more than doubled since… Continue reading