On January 14, U.S. District Court Judge Roslyn Silver, a Clinton appointee, issued a tentative 18-page opinion in McComish v Brewer, cv-08-1550. The tentative opinion says that part of Arizona’s Public Funding law for candidates for state office is unconstitutional. … Continue reading
On January 13, U.S. House member Kevin McCarthy (R-California) and Gregg Harper (R-Mississippi) introduced HB 4449. It provides financial assistance to states that set up procedures by which people can register to vote on-line. It provides that states, in order … Continue reading
Several blogs that cover politics and election law have linked to this New York Times story about Joseph Kennedy, the Libertarian Party candidate for U.S. Senate in the January 19, 2010 special election in Massachusetts. In my memory, the New … Continue reading
See this story, which describes the Portland, Maine Charter Commission’s interest in Instant Runoff Voting. Although IRV has been discussed in Vermont ever since the late 1990’s, there has yet been little attention to IRV in Maine. Thanks to Thomas … Continue reading
The Alabama House Constitution and Elections Committee hears HB 145 on January 14. It provides that any write-in candidate who wants his or her write-ins tallied must file a declaration of write-in candidacy. A similar bill introduced in both houses … Continue reading
