HR 4918, the bill in the U.S. House of Representatives to require the states to draw the boundaries of U.S. House districts entirely in public hearings, with mandatory input from the public, and to put all proposals on a state … Continue reading
On April 25, the San Francisco Chronicle and the Sacramento Bee both endorsed Proposition 14, the California “top-two” ballot measure. However, both of these newspapers had also endorsed Proposition 62 in 2004. Proposition 62 was an earlier version of the … Continue reading
On April 24, the New York state Libertarian Party held its statewide convention and nominated Warren Redlich for Governor. UPDATE: see this article in the Albany Times-Union. … Continue reading
The April 24 issue of the Boston Globe has this op-ed, in favor of Instant-Runoff Voting. The piece is by Adam Friedman, of Citizens for Voter Choice, the Massachusetts organization that works for IRV. The op-ed makes reference to a … Continue reading
On April 22, the Hawaii legislature’s conference committee for HB 2397 hammered out a final version of the bill. It moves the primary from mid-September to mid-August, and takes effect in 2011. The petition to qualify a new political party … Continue reading
