On Monday, September 17, new briefs were filed in Republican Party of Connecticut v Merrill, the case over which party should be listed first on the ballot. See this story. It seems somewhat likely that a decision will be released … Continue reading
On September 19, the California Poll released the results of its recent presidential poll. The results are: President Obama 58%, Mitt Romney 34%, other 2%, undecided 6%. The pollster read this question to respondents: “If the presidential election were being … Continue reading
The New York Times story has this story about the difficult-to-read ballots used earlier this month in the primary. There are many huge deficiencies with the design of New York state ballots, but this story only covers the tiny print … Continue reading
The U.S. House of Representatives is scheduled to vote on HB 5912 on Wednesday, September 19. This is a bill to end public funding for the national conventions of political parties. A similar bill already passed the U.S. Senate earlier … Continue reading
On September 17, Ralph Nader and the Center for Competitive Democracy filed this amicus brief, in Field v Bowen. The issue is whether the six plaintiffs who challenged certain parts of California’s top-two open primary law should be required to … Continue reading
