Monthly Archives: July 2016
“Hillary Clinton to Pledge Making Campaign-Finance Overhaul a Priority”
WSJ:
Hillary Clinton on Saturday will pledge to make an overhaul of the campaign-finance system an urgent priority, as she announces plans to introduce a constitutional amendment overturning the Supreme Court’s Citizens United ruling during the first 30 days of… Continue reading
“Citizens United Muddles What Is Legal In Trump’s Foreign Money Case”
Peter Overby reports for NPR.
And don’t miss Peter’s earlier How Picking Mike Pence As VP Might Cost The Trump Campaign Donations.
“IRS Rejects 501(c)(3) Status For DNC Convention As Too Partisan, Causing Donors To Pull Out Due To Lost Deductions; DNC Devises Workaround To Funnel Contributions Through Philadelphia Convention Bureau”
“Mike Pence used campaign funds to pay his mortgage — and it cost him an election”
WaPo:
Mike Pence was a young lawyer on the rise, challenging a longtime Democratic congressman in a Republican-leaning Indiana district.
And then, scandal.
Campaign finance records from the 1990 effort showed that Pence, then 31, had been using political… Continue reading
“Clinton pledges constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United ruling”
“The Wrong Way to Count Prisoners”
NYT editorial:
Voting rights advocates have been pressing the Census Bureau for more than a decade to stop counting prison inmates as “residents” of prisons — where they typically remain for only a short time — instead of the communities… Continue reading
“The RNC Will Be a First Amendment Disaster”
“Trump raised $32 million with RNC, but kept only a fraction”
Vogel:
Of that, Trump Victory transferred only $2.2 million to Trump’s presidential campaign committee, as compared to $10.1 million to the RNC, though $5.8 million of that went to funds that can’t be used for campaign activity, and are earmarked… Continue reading
“GOP convention organizers apologize to Sheldon Adelson”
Oops:
The last-minute plea for $6 million from Las Vegas billionaire Sheldon Adelson to rescue the Republican convention has erupted in controversy, as four of the five signatories to the letter from party organizers never saw it before it was… Continue reading
“Democrats Have a Plan to Register 50 Million New Voters”
Ari Berman writes for The Nation.
“Palm Beach County Elections chief Bucher: We were warned of bomb scare if mosque used for voting”
Sigh.
See also an editorial, Editorial: Bucher too quick to abandon mosque polling place
“What looks good on paper may fall apart in practice.'”–Voter ID in NC and Elsewhere
Kelly Fetty deep dive into how the “reasonable impediment” exemption from voter id requirements works in practice. Oy.
This is in line with my essay, Softening Voter ID Laws Through Litigation: Is it Enough?, Wisconsin Law Review Forward (forthcoming 2016)… Continue reading
Trump Campaign, By Adding Pence, Now Faces Pay-to-Play Rules Limiting Campaign $
Jason Abel and Scott Sinder of Steptoe:
Today, Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee for president, announced that Governor Mike Pence of Indiana will be his running mate. By virtue of the fact that Pence is a current governor, the… Continue reading