Early on April 9, the Maryland legislature adjourned for the year. Two bills to vastly increase the difficult of petitioning in Maryland failed to pass. They were HB 493 and SB 673. They had provided that signers of petitions must … Continue reading
On April 9, the New York city Libertarian Party held a nominating convention, and nominated Joe Lhota for Mayor and Kristin Davis for Comptroller. However, Lhota (who does favor decriminalizing marijuana) then said he would not accept the Libertarian nomination. … Continue reading
On March 27, some voters in San Juan County, Washington, won a procedural victory in State Superior Court in White v Reed. This is a lawsuit arguing that San Juan County should not print unique barcodes on ballots because they … Continue reading
Bills are pending in the Rhode Island legislature to abolish the straight-ticket device. On April 10, supporters of those bills released a study, showing that in November 2012, the Speaker of the House would probably have been defeated by an … Continue reading
The New York Daily News has this editorial, asking Governor Andrew Cuomo not to accept the nomination of the Independence Party in 2014. The editorial assumes that if Cuomo were not the Independence Party nominee, the party would probably not … Continue reading
