On July 28, the U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit, refused to rehear Nader v Democratic National Committee, the case filed in 2007 over the Democratic Party’s behavior in 2004. That Court had said Nader should have filed the case … Continue reading
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The Federal Election Commission still hasn’t published “Federal Elections 2008”, the book of election returns, for President and Congress, from last year’s election. The 2004 edition had been published in May 2005. The 2006 edition had been published in June … Continue reading
A referendum petition in Washington state concerning the Electoral College gathered only 300 signatures by the deadline. The purpose of this particular Referendum, R-70, had been to cancel the National Popular Vote Plan bill that the legislature had passed earlier … Continue reading
On July 23, the U.S. Senate, by a unanimous voice vote, attached the Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment Act to the Defense Department Authorization Bill. The Voter amendment, which had been S.1415, is now Amendment 1764 to the Defense Department’s … Continue reading
The Moderate Party, currently working to get 23,589 valid signatures so as to qualify as a “political party” in Rhode Island, says it has now collected 10,000. This is the largest number of signatures any minor party in any particular … Continue reading