On the afternoon of June 21, eleven judges of the 9th circuit will rehear the case over whether Arizona is violating law by requiring voter registration applications to include proof of the new voter’s citizenship. The hearing is in Pasadena, … Continue reading
The June 20 Washington Post has this op-ed by Theresa Amato, making the point that inclusive debates can dramatically alter the fortunes of candidates who do substantially better than expected. Amato was campaign manager for Ralph Nader in both 2000 … Continue reading
Canada’s New Democratic Party convention has deferred the decision of whether to drop “socialist” from the party’s Constitution. The executive committee of the party will decide this later. See this story. The New Democratic Party now has the 2nd largest … Continue reading
The U.S. Supreme Court released four opinions on June 20, but it did not release its opinion in Arizona Free Enterprise Club’s Freedom Club PAC v Bennett, 10-238. The Court only has two more scheduled dates for the release of … Continue reading
On June 10, Ohio Secretary of State John Husted issued a directive to Ohio county election boards. The directive forbids them from checking petition validity before the entire petition has been submitted. This is unfortunate, because Ohio petition validity in … Continue reading
