HB 1685, the Illinois bill for the National Popular Vote Plan, has a new deadline to pass the legislature: October 5. Since the Illinois legislature is operating in special session, bills that haven’t passed yet must meet certain deadlines. On … Continue reading
The United States currently has only three minor parties that regularly appear on ballots in states containing a majority of electoral votes, in presidential elections. Those three are the Constitution, Green and Libertarian Parties. Interestingly, the three parties are in … Continue reading
RocktheDebates has been asking each leading Democratic and Republican presidential candidate if he or she would participate in an inclusive general election debate, were he or she the nominee. Tommy Thompson dropped out of the Republican race on August 12. … Continue reading
On September 6, California elections officials announced that an initiative to revise legislative term limits had qualified for the February 2008 ballot. The margin was extraordinarily close. The initiative requires 763,790 signatures, and the random sample showed that it has … Continue reading
On September 4, Florida Governor Charlie Crist said if the special session of the legislature passes any bill to move the Florida presidential primary from January to February, he will veto it. It wasn’t likely in any event that such … Continue reading
