Theresa Amato’s book, “Grand Illusion: The Myth of Voter Choice in a Two-Party Tyranny”, will be released in June 2009. To publicize the book, Amato holds a reception and reading at the Union League Club in Chicago, on Thursday, June … Continue reading
Theresa Amato’s book, “Grand Illusion: The Myth of Voter Choice in a Two-Party Tyranny”, will be released in June 2009. To publicize the book, Amato holds a reception and reading at the Union League Club in Chicago, on Thursday, June … Continue reading
The town of Sophia, West Virginia, holds partisan elections for town office, but the town charter only permits two political parties to contest those elections. The town is holding elections for its own officers on June 2, 2009. The incumbent … Continue reading
May 18 is the Minnesota legislature’s last day. Still undecided is whether the omnibus election law bill, SF 1331, will move the primary from September to June. The bill passed both houses of the legislature and is in conference committee. … Continue reading
On May 18, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear Stevo v Keith, 08-1187, the case challenging the number of signatures needed for an independent candidate for U.S. House in Illinois. Although the U.S. Supreme Court released two full opinions … Continue reading
