Salon has this interview with Congressmember Don Beyer about HR 4000, his bill to provide for proportional representation for U.S. House elections. The bill was introduced on July 25, with five co-sponsors, all Democrats: Jamie Raskin (Md.); James McGovern (Mass.); … Continue reading
On August 7, the Connecticut voters who are challenging the results of a 2018 Connecticut legislative election filed their reply brief in the U.S. Supreme Court. See it here. The general election was very close, and several hundred voters in … Continue reading
On August 9, the Texas Secretary of State filed this brief in Miller v Doe, the Texas ballot access case that had been filed on July 11. The state’s brief makes much out of the paucity of independent candidate plaintiffs … Continue reading
On August 6, Kshama Sawant polled 36.6% of the vote in the Seattle non-partisan city council election, in district three. She is running for a third term. She is a leader of Socialist Alternative. Six candidates were on the ballot … Continue reading
The San Jose Mercury News, the daily newspaper for northern California’s largest city, recently carried this editorial against the new California law that keeps presidential candidates off primary ballots unless they release their income tax returns. … Continue reading
