On May 3, Congressman Tom Davis (R-Virginia) introduced HR 2043. It temporarily expands the size of the US House of Representatives, until 2011. It would give a full seat to the District of Columbia, and another seat to Utah. Utah … Continue reading
On May 3, the Governor of West Virginia signed HB 3002, which deletes an obsolete law that inhibits petition circulators. The old law, now repealed, says petition circulators must tell potential signers that they can’t sign the petition if that … Continue reading
On May 17, the voters of British Columbia will decide whether to implement Single-Transferable Voting for elections to the provincial legislature. STV is the same as Instant-Runoff Voting, except it applies to multi-winner elections. If it passes, there will be … Continue reading
On May 2, the San Diego city council directed the City Attorney and the City Clerk to prepare a study of Instant-Runoff Voting.
There will be no U.S. Supreme Court opinions during May until May 16. There will also be opinions on May 23 and May 31. One of the 35 cases which has been argued, but for which no opinion has yet … Continue reading
