The U.S. Department of Justice will not file any charges against the Working Families Party of New York. The party had faced the possibility that it broke campaign finance laws by its close relationship with a company that runs campaigns. … Continue reading
Australia held a parliamentary election on August 21. Although all the votes are not counted yet, it appears the neither major party won a majority in either house. The House has 150 seats. The tentative results are: Labour 72, Liberal … Continue reading
The August 18 City Paper, a free weekly Philadelphia newspaper, has this story about the last-minute protest outside the homes of several of the people who challenged this year’s statewide minor party petitions. Thanks to James Babb for the link. … Continue reading
Last weekend, the Minnesota gubernatorial nominees of the Republican Party, the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, and the Independence Party (Tom Emmer, Mark Dayton, and Tom Horner) debated each other. The debate was feisty. See this news story. … Continue reading
Nicholas Dibs’ petition to be an independent candidate for California’s U.S. House district 37 has been approved, and he will be on the November 2010 ballot. He is the second independent candidate for Congress to qualify in California this year. … Continue reading
