On June 16, Congressman Rush Holt (D-N.J.) again introduced his bill to mandate a paper trail for electronic vote-counting machines, in federal elections. The bill is HR 2894 and has 75 co-sponsors. This is the 4th session of Congress in … Continue reading
On June 17, the Florida Supreme Court voted 4-2 to strike down a 2007 law that lets voters remove their signatures on initiative petitions. UPDATE: Here is the court’s order. As a result, it is almost certain that the “Florida … Continue reading
On June 17, Arizona Governor Jan Brewer, a Republican, sued the Arizona legislature, which has Republican majorities in both houses. See this story, or this one. The legislature has passed budget bills, but the legislature hasn’t forwarded those bills to … Continue reading
On June 15, the United Nations Special Committee on Decolonization heard much testimony about the political status of Puerto Rico, and then passed a consensus resolution calling on the United States to expedite some means for Puerto Rico to determine … Continue reading
The New Mexico Independent has this story about the ballot access lawsuit filed last month by the Libertarian and Green Parties against many New Mexico discriminatory election laws. The New Mexico Independent was founded in 2008 and is a daily … Continue reading
