Illinois Representative Mike Boland (D-East Moline) has introduced HB 1012, to ease ballot access for independent candidates and for the nominees of unqualified parties. The bill provides that independent candidates, and the nominees of unqualified parties, would need twice as … Continue reading
Next month Burlington, Vermont is holding a Mayoral Election, using Instant Runoff Voting. Burlington TV station WCAX interviewed all four candidates for Mayor and asserted to them, “Historians say Abraham Lincoln would not have been elected in 1860 if Burlington’s … Continue reading
Bills are pending in both houses of the North Carolina legislature to change the terms of office of all state legislators from two years to four years. They are SB 119 and HB 71. Since this is a proposed change … Continue reading
On February 13, Ralph Nader filed his rebuttal brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit, in Nader v Democratic National Committee. Here is the brief. Although it deals with procedural issues, it is clear, even for readers who … Continue reading
Texas Representative Kelly Hancock (R-Fort Worth) has introduced HB 1193, to let qualified political parties hold their national presidential conventions as late as they wish. Existing law says qualified parties must certify their presidential and vice-presidential nominees by late August. … Continue reading
