At 7:15 am on April 4, the Oregon Senate Legislative Operations & Reform Committee heard testimony on SB 630, which would institute “top-two” primaries for all partisan office except president. Four witnesses from the Green Party testified against it. Representatives … Continue reading
On April 2, the Maryland House passed SB634/HB148, the “National Popular Vote Plan.” Since the Governor has said he will sign it, it is extremely likely that Maryland will be the first state to have passed the plan. Of course … Continue reading
The April 1 (Sunday) New York Times Book Review section has a review of Brian Doherty’s 700-page “Radicals for Capitalism”. The book is about the entire libertarian movement, including the Libertarian Party. The book was pubished in February 2007. Thanks … Continue reading
An earlier posting said that the chair of the Texas House Elections Committee had refused to schedule a hearing on HB 2280, the bill to eliminate the “primary screen-out”. Happily, he has changed his mind, and set a hearing for … Continue reading
On March 28, the Rhode Island House Judiciary Committee heard testimony on HB 5466. It would ease the definition of “Political Party”. Currently, a party is a group that either submitted a petition to qualify itself, or a group that … Continue reading
