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On January 3, Maine Representative Don Marean changed his registration from Republican to independent. He had been re-elected last year as a Republican. Maine’s House now has seven independents. See this story. … Continue reading
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According to this Washington Post article, the text of HR 1 (the Democratic bill for federal election law changes) will include a provision requiring presidential candidates to reveal their income tax returns for 10 previous years. It is very difficult … Continue reading
Josh Putnam, an expert on national presidential conventions of the two major parties, here points out that the Republican rules for the 2020 national convention permit a presidential candidate to be placed in nomination if that candidate has support from … Continue reading
This op-ed by Greg Orman, independent candidate for Governor of Kansas last year, is thoughtful and worth a read. … Continue reading
On January 4, the U.S. Supreme Court accepted two partisan gerrymandering cases. State governments of North Carolina and Maryland had placed these appeals in front of the Supreme Court. In each case the 3-judge U.S. District Courts had invalidated the … Continue reading
On January 3, Congressmember Steve Cohen (D-Tennessee) introduced a constitutional amendment to provide for the direct popular election of the president. The text is not yet on the web page for Congress. … Continue reading