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
Yearly Archives: 2014
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
On May 18, Frank Morano, host of “The Answer”, a radio station broadcast on AM 970 in New York city, aired a 26 minute interview with Dick Lamm. The interview is 26 minutes long. At minute 20, Lamm talks about … Continue reading
Former New York city Mayor Michael Bloomberg appeared on Face the Nation on May 18. He said an independent can never be elected President because there are too many voters who will never consider abandoning their favorite major party’s nominee. … Continue reading
Pennsylvania political scientists G. Terry Madonna and Michael L. Young have this column in several Pennsylvania news outlets. It condemns Pennsylvania’s ballot access laws for primary candidates, as well as Pennsylvania’s gerrymandering of congressional and legislative districts. … Continue reading