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Solomon Kleinsmith has this article about how top-two systems disadvantage candidates who are not backed by established figures in the two major parties. Kleinsmith is the founder of the blog “Rise of the Center”. … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: March 2011
The Indiana legislature is unable to pass bills this session, because all the Democrats in the House have boycotted the session for the last month. A similar Democratic boycott in Wisconsin got much more national publicity, and is now over. … Continue reading
On March 18, the Montana House Administration Committee passed SB 194 unanimously. The bill had already passed the Senate. It requires political parties, and independent presidential candidates, to submit twice as many candidates for presidential elector as the state has … Continue reading
On March 21, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear Cao v Federal Election Commission, 10-776, a case filed by the national Republican Party and by former Congressman Joseph Cao of New Orleans, concerning federal campaign finance law. The party … Continue reading
Nebraska bill LB 523 failed to pass the Government, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee, and therefore it is dead. The Nebraska Senate’s deadline for bills to pass committee was last week. The bill would have required petition circulators to wear … Continue reading