The Republican party will assign 2,472 delegates through a state-by-state series of caucuses and primaries between February and June. To win the nomination, a given candidate requires a simple majority, or 1,237, of the total.Source: What is a 'brokered convention'? Here is a (kind of) simple explanation...
Dear Mr. Garten: On behalf of our client, Right to Rise PAC, Inc.Source: The absolutely epic trolling letter Jeb Bush’s leadership PAC sent to Donald Trump’s lawyer...
I know it is late on Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, but here’s some very big news. It sounds technical, but it really, really matters. Close observers of the campaign-finance arena may be experiencing twinges of déjà vu.Source: BIG Campaign Finance News: La. GOP Soft Money Lawsuit Gets 3-Judge Court, Likely Ticket to SCOTUS...
A foundation financed by the billionaire investor Warren Buffet recently signed on as a member of the left’s leading donor club, according to internal documents, joining a handful of other new “partners” who will help bankroll liberal nonprofits, advocacy groups, and political vendors aheaSource: Warren Buffett-Funded Group Signs on as Democracy Alliance ‘Partner’...
Hillary Clinton.Source: Super PACs, dark money and the Hillary Clinton campaign: Part 1...
The ban on "soft money" donations to state parties is on the line. WASHINGTON -- The next domino in the effort to erase campaign finance restrictions has just been pushed.Source: Next Chance To Gut Campaign Finance Law Heads For Supreme Court...
San Francisco could have an open-source voting system in place by the November 2019 election, under a plan approved earlier this month by the Elections Commission. The timeline could result in the emergence of San Francisco as the leader of the open-source voting movement in the United States.Source: San Francisco sets sights on open source voting by November 2019...
On a 26-day book tour last month, Ben Carson held a news conference in a Books-a-Million store in Iowa, appeared often on TV to discuss his candidacy and sandwiched campaign rallies between book signings. Now a Democratic watchdog group has complained to the Federal Election Commission that Mr.Source: Ben Carson’s Book Tour Draws Campaign Finance Complaint...
Right now the basic complaint about Super PACs is that they can enlist the and endorsement support of their favored candidates, as in fundraising, and still claim they are “independent” and spend without limit.Source: "Not Authorized" -...
Before he entered the race for the White House, Ben Carson signed on to a campaign to raise money to fight Obamacare. When Juanita McMillon saw his name, she was eager to get out her checkbook.Source: Donors gave a super PAC $6 million. Candidates actually got about $140,000....
