New York Magazine has this lengthy story about Americans Elect, by John Heilemann. There is not a lot of new material in this article, but the author, having interviewed leaders of Americans Elect, clearly believes that if Ron Paul wanted … Continue reading
Atlanta Progressive News queried all three candidates in the special election set for February 4, to fill the vacant State House seat (60th district) if they support ballot access reform. The two candidates who responded both said “Yes.” The third … Continue reading
On January 23, the voter-plaintiffs submitted a response in Perez v State of Texas, the Texas redistricting case that is in 3-judge U.S. District Court in San Antonio. That court had asked them to respond to the state’s idea that … Continue reading
As this story explains, Proposition 14, the “top-two” measure, abolished party nominees and party primaries in California (except for President). So the California Democratic Party has already started holding meetings to decide which Democrat for various U.S. House and state … Continue reading
Russia holds a presidential election on March 4. According to this story, it is likely that stringent ballot access laws will block several leading candidates from the ballot. Although the Russian government has proposed easing ballot access, the bill to … Continue reading
