The Green Party of Taiwan has existed since 1996, but had never elected anyone until the election held a few days ago. See this story. … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: November 2014
Two initiatives are circulating in Maine on election law topics. Maine Citizens for Clean Elections is virtually finished circulating an initiative that would (1) fully fund the public funding program; (2) require disclosure of top donors who make independent expenditures; … Continue reading
As previously noted, last month Kentucky Educational TV, a government agency, sponsored a U.S. Senate debate and only invited the Democratic and Republican nominees, even though the Libertarians also had a nominee on the ballot. The party sued and failed … Continue reading
As previously noted, on November 10, a U.S. District Court struck down Nebraska’s county distribution requirement for statewide initiatives. Here is an editorial from Omaha’s daily newspaper, which seems to approve of the decision, but which also advocates that the … Continue reading
This story says the percentage of registered voters who voted in some California congressional and legislative races was only one-fourth of the registered voters. The story quotes several experts who express dismay, but no one quoted in the article mentions … Continue reading
On Thanksgiving Day, November 27, U.S. District Court Judge Cindy Jorgenson issued a 15-page ruling denying relief to Democratic Congressman Ron Barber. Barber and some voter plaintiffs had complained that certain provisional ballots had not been counted and should have … Continue reading