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On May 9, Nat Weinstein died in San Francisco at the age of 89. In 1945, at the age of 20, he had joined the Socialist Workers Party, where he rose to leadership positions in New York, Seattle, and San … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: May 2014
Gallup has been asking respondents for over twenty years their attitudes toward the Democratic Party, and towards the Republican Party. These polls are done approximately twice per year. Here are the latest results, from late April 2014. They show 44% … Continue reading
Law Professor Derek T. Muller has this op-ed in the May 19 Detroit news. Muller criticizes state laws that restrict the ability of various categories of people from circulating petitions. … Continue reading
On May 19, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear Free Speech v Federal Election Commission, 13-772, a campaign finance case. This older blog post explains the issue in the case. … Continue reading
The May 18 Providence Journal has this op-ed in favor of HB 8072, the bill to eliminate the straight-ticket device. It is authored by Rhode Island’s independent State Senator Ed O’Neill. Straight-ticket devices are especially harmful to independent candidates. In … Continue reading