The Supreme Court of British Columbia has ruled that the newspaper National Post defamed Andrew Weaver, a Green Party member of the British Columbia legislature. See this story. … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: February 2015
On January 30-31, the Institute of Government Studies held a public forum on the 2014 California election. One of the panels was “The Top-Two: So What?”, which featured one political scientist and three campaign consultants. Amy Walter, who attended the … Continue reading
South Dakota State Senator Corey Brown has decided to abandon his SB 166, which would have virtually doubled the number of signatures needed for a statewide initiative. See this story, which says that the legislature received many phone calls from … Continue reading
On February 6, Jill Stein spoke at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., to say she is exploring whether to seek the Green Party presidential nomination. That attracted a good amount of publicity. However, many of the stories had … Continue reading
According to this story, Kansas Senator Mitch Holmes (R-St. John) will soon introduce a bill that ends the practice of rotating the names of candidates on ballots. The story does not say how the bill would determine the order of … Continue reading