Latest 2018election Podcast Episodes
#18: What to Do After the Election
Advisory Opinions - November 07, 2018 22:04 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsElection Day is over. What do you do now? A good campaign has a solid wrap-up plan regardless of winning or losing. In this episode of Advisory Opinions, Jack Blakely and Adrienne Royer discuss best practices of winding down your campaign in addition to things that campaigns must do, such as upd...
#17: Election Day Survival Guide
Advisory Opinions - October 29, 2018 15:22 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsYou've almost made it to Election Day. Find out how to maximize your day with tips and suggestions that your hosts, Jack and Adrienne, gathered from campaign veterans. Hear about lessons learned, strategies for planning your day, and how to best prepare for the unexpected from early in the morni...
#16: New Campaign Digital Defense Tools
Advisory Opinions - October 01, 2018 12:00 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsYour campaign security may be bad, but the FEC approved some new tools to help. Jack and Adrienne discuss a recent advisory opinion from the FEC where they exempted Microsoft's AccountGuard from being considered an in-kind donation. Microsoft rolled out a suite of security features for free to ...
#15: Updates!
Advisory Opinions - September 21, 2018 21:15 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsThe world of campaign finance issues has been active in the past couple of weeks, and there are updates to two legal cases mentioned in the episode #14. Jack and Adrienne discuss recent news from CREW vs. FEC and Americans for Prosperity vs. Becerra. They also provide an update on the Senate e-f...
#14: Changes for Political 501(c)4s
Advisory Opinions - September 10, 2018 16:50 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsThis summer, there have been two big changes for 501(c)4 organizations, one from the IRS and one from the US Courts. First, the IRS announced they would no longer collect the Schedule B portion of 990 forms for 501(c)4 organizations. This eliminates the requirement to submit the names and addres...
#13: Risky Raffles
Advisory Opinions - August 27, 2018 21:15 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsRaffles and bingo games are popular fundraisers for churches and nonprofits, but do they work on political campaigns? In this episode of Advisory Opinions, the two hosts discuss the problems and pitfalls that campaigns can get into with these fundraising events, highlight examples in Florida, Ka...
#12: Keep your receipts!
Advisory Opinions - August 06, 2018 22:29 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsRecently, Rep. Kevin Cramer (R-ND) was accused of lying on FEC forms tracking travel reimbursement. How did his campaign show that this was a dirty political attack? He kept his receipts! Jack and Adrienne discuss why it's important to keep those receipts, log those miles, and file timel...
#11: Foreign Money In U.S. Politics
Advisory Opinions - July 27, 2018 17:18 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsThe FEC recently considered two proposals about changing the rules on foreign money in U.S. elections. Is this partisan politics, media hoopla, or a real problem that the FEC needs to address? What laws are already on the books and do they need to be updated? What is the hang up at the FEC? What...
#10: Your Campaign Security Is Bad
Advisory Opinions - July 03, 2018 16:27 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsA recent survey from the Shorenstein Center at Harvard Kennedy School found that only 39% of campaign staffers are concerned about hacks. Jack and Adrienne discuss simple steps your campaign can take that aren't expensive or time consuming to make your data and systems more secure. The views a...
Does Janus Change Everything?
Advisory Opinions - June 26, 2018 15:21 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsThis week, the Supreme Court will hand down their decision in the anticipated Janus vs. AFSCME case. In this episode, Jack and Adrienne discuss how elections are likely to change if the Supreme Court rules against public sector unions. Currently, only 6.5% of private sector workers are members...
#8: Data Clean
Advisory Opinions - June 18, 2018 15:27 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsDirty data can end up costing your campaign or PAC more since expensive mail packages are sent to wrong addresses and valuable staff time is wasted. Learn about cost-saving practices that also keep your data in shape as Jack and Adrienne discuss data hygiene and maintenance with Greg Andreycak, ...
#7: Facebook's New Advertising Rules
Advisory Opinions - June 04, 2018 20:39 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsFacebook has made the news for their new political ad policy. Jack and Adrienne discuss which ads Facebook considers to be political, the list of topics classified as issue ads, how to get verified, and how the new rules affect nonprofits, small businesses, and former office holders. The view...
#6: Rosie's FEC Fun
Advisory Opinions - May 14, 2018 16:06 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsJack and Adrienne discuss the report that Rosie O'Donnell made campaign contributions that exceeded FEC limits under different names and addresses. Is this the same situation as conservative writer, Dinesh D'Souza? Will Rosie go to jail?
#1: What is Advisory Opinions?
Advisory Opinions - May 11, 2018 18:13 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsWhat is Advisory Opinions? Who are the hosts, and why are we doing this podcast?
#2: Money & Polls 2018 Edition
Advisory Opinions - May 11, 2018 17:44 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsThe GOP is breaking fundraising records…but not doing great in the polls. How does this happen and what does it mean for the mid-terms? A discussion on polling, fundraising and how to tell who is winning the horse race.
#5: Recurring donations and why to include them in your strategy
Advisory Opinions - May 04, 2018 19:17 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsWhat are recurring donations and why do you need them? Jack Simms, VP of Product Development for CMDI, joins Jack and Adrienne to discuss implementation and strategies to create a recurring donation program on your political campaign.
#3: Cryptocurrency and campaigns.
Advisory Opinions - May 04, 2018 19:09 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsHow to accept Bitcoin and other cryptocurrency as an FEC-compliant donation for your political campaign.
#4: Most common FEC mistakes and how to stop making them.
Advisory Opinions - May 04, 2018 18:47 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsJeff Wernsing, director of compliance for CMDI, joins Jack and Adrienne to discuss the most common mistakes made when making FEC filings.
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