Level the Playing Field, which supports opening up the general election presidential debates to more candidates, has issued this press release. It points out that if the 15% polling rule were applied to the August 6, 2015 Republican presidential debate, … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: August 2015
This Daily Beast article finds that at least 17 individuals have spent money to boost the 2016 presidential campaigns of both Hillary Clinton and Jeb Bush. Thanks to Gene Berkman for the link. … Continue reading
The Daily Beast has an article on whether general election presidential debates should be open to more candidates. Much of the story focuses on the comments of Leslie C. Francis, a former Executive Director of the Democratic National Committee and … Continue reading
On August 4, Mississippi held primaries for the statewide executive offices. The state elects its Governor and other statewide offices, and its legislators, on November 3, 2015. The Democratic primary was won by Robert Gray, who didn’t campaign, nor spend … Continue reading
On August 5, the Fifth Circuit issued an opinion in Veasey v Abbott, 14-41127. The voting rights organizations that filed the case had argued that the 2011 Texas law that requires voters at the polls to show certain kinds of … Continue reading