On November 9, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear Shelby County, Alabama v Holder, 12-96, over whether section 5 of the federal Voting Rights Act is still constitutional. Section five is the part of the law that requires certain … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: November 2012
Art Goodtimes has been re-elected to the San Miguel, Colorado County Commission, a partisan race. The vote was: Goodtimes, Green, 1,746; Dan Chancellor, Democrat, 1,375; Kevin Kall, Republican, 1,000. Goodtimes has been elected as a Green every four years, starting … Continue reading
According to Greg Kaza, the Libertarian Party has again polled over 1,000,000 votes for its nominees for U.S. House across the nation. The party also did this in 2000, 2002, 2004, 2008, and 2010. The Libertarian Party is the only … Continue reading
Now that President Obama has said, “We need to fix that” on election night, it is highly likely that Congress will consider many bills to improve election administration in federal elections. Obama was referring to the problem that in some … Continue reading
General circulation media has recently run stories on the Libertarian Party’s gaining status as a “political party” under West Virginia law, and District of Columbia law. Here is a story about West Virginia; here is a story about D.C. … Continue reading