The Minnesota legislature re-convenes February 11, 2020. Some legislators will introduce a bill to ease the requirements for getting on a presidential primary ballot, and hope to pass the bill in time to affect the 2020 Republican presidential primary. Current … Continue reading
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On November 12, the U.S. Supreme Court released an orders list from its last conference, held on November 8. The Court did not issue any order for Carney v Adams, 19-309, even though it had been considered at that conference. … Continue reading
Spain held a parliamentary election on November 10, 2019. See this wikipedia article. Fifteen parties won seats under the proportional representation system, although a few of those parties are themselves coalitions. Thanks to Thomas Jones for the link. … Continue reading
On November 10, Don Blankenship publicly announced his presidential candidacy. See this story in The Hill. Thanks to PoliticalWire for the link. … Continue reading
Ksmama Sawant, a leader of Socialist Alternative, appears to have been re-elected to the Seattle city council. The election was November 5, 2019, and not all the ballots are counted yet, so this outcome is not yet certain. See this … Continue reading