Lewis duPont Smith died on August 12, 2011, at the age of 54, of pancreatic cancer. See this obituary. He had made headlines in the 1980’s and early 1990’s. He was the heir to two fortunes, and had been declared … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: August 2011
Next month, Tucson holds partisan primaries for city office. This year, no one’s name is on the Republican primary ballot, and only one candidate is on the Democratic primary ballot. Yet there are two Greens running in the Green Party … Continue reading
New Hampshire voters will choose a new state representative on September 6, in the Rockingham County 14th State House district. Here is a Seabrook, New Hampshire newspaper story about Brendan Kelly, the Libertarian nominee. In November 2010, he had run … Continue reading
Jeff Girard, who specializes in interviewing people about poltical and social issues while he and the guest are seated together in his car, has interviewed Richard Winger about election law issues. … Continue reading
University of Texas Law School Professor Joseph R. Fishkin has written this eleven-page article. It argues that if states permit write-in voting, then those states have an obligation not to throw roadblocks in the path of voters who wish to … Continue reading