Christine Todd Whitman, who was elected as a Republican to the New Jersey governorship in 1993, and re-elected in 1997, has endorsed Americans Elect. See this op-ed from the Washington Post. Whitman was also Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency … Continue reading
The Sixth Circuit will hold oral arguments on January 17, 2012, in Kurita v State Primary Board of Tennessee Democratic Party. The hearing will be at 1:30 p.m. in Cincinnati. This is the fascinating case, filed in 2008, over whether … Continue reading
On November 3, the Wisconsin legislature passed SB 116, which moves the non-presidential primary from September to August, and which also moves various deadlines for ballot access to earlier dates. The independent presidential petition is now due in early August … Continue reading
Nebraska and Maine are the only states in which each U.S. House district elects its own presidential elector. In November 2008, Barack Obama won one electoral vote from Nebraska, because he carried the 2nd district, centered on Omaha. Ever since, … Continue reading
On November 3, the Ohio House was called back into session to vote on HB 369, a new set of U.S. House district boundaries. Ohio Republican House members, who have a majority but less than two-thirds of the membership of … Continue reading
