On October 27, a state court in Massachusetts refused to require the sponsors of that evening’s gubernatorial debate to include Evan Falchuk, nominee of the United Independent Party. See this story. UPDATE: this story has much more detail about why … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: October 2014
Two Maine state legislators are sponsoring an initiative petition for ranked-choice voting for gubernatorial elections. The petition drive will begin immediately after the November 4, 2014 election. See this story. The first line of the story describes the move as … Continue reading
Peter Franklin, a British politics analyst, here foresees rapid change in the British political party system. Already, the Scottish National Party has made great gains in the last few months, as has the Green Party. Better known is the rapid … Continue reading
Evan Falchuk, United Independent Party nominee for Massachusetts Governor, has a court hearing on Monday, October 27, over whether he should be in the gubernatorial debate being held that same evening. See this story. … Continue reading
Early voting in the U.S. Virgin Islands started on October 21. Among the offices on the ballot are candidates for the territory’s unicameral legislature, which is called the Senate, and which has 15 members, all with two-year terms. On October … Continue reading