The Washington Post politics blog here comments on the opening few minutes of tonight’s presidential debate between Rocky Anderson, Virgil Goode, Gary Johnson, and Jill Stein. UPDATE: here is a more comprehensive story at the same site, written after the … Continue reading
Keith Smith, an assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of the Pacific, has this op-ed about California’s top-two open primary. The main focus is on how it has shrunk voter choice in November elections for Congress and state … Continue reading
On October 23, San Francisco Superior Court Judge Curtis Karnow issued a tentative ruling in Field vs. Bowen. He refused to reverse his earlier order, requiring plantiffs to pay almost $250,000 in attorney fees. Attorneys for plantiffs will argue in … Continue reading
On October 22, Jill Stein sued the Federal Election Commission in Florida state court, concerning the presidential debate held that day in Boca Raton, Florida. Here is the complaint. The rationale for suing the FEC is that federal law does … Continue reading
North Dakota is the only state in which there are no candidates on the November 2012 ballot for state legislature, other than the Democratic and Republican Party nominees. Even though there are four qualified parties on the ballot in North … Continue reading
