On May 19, the Oregon Independent Party announced that it will let independent voters participate in its primary in 2018, just as it did in 2016. The Democratic and Republican Parties of Oregon do not permit independents to vote in … Continue reading
Richard Winger
On September 18, Rocky De La Fuente asked U.S. District Court Judge John E. Jones to reconsider his August 21, 2017 ruling that upheld the Pennsylvania ban on out-of-state circulators in presidential primaries. De La Fuente v Cortes, m.d. 1:16cv-1696. … Continue reading
On September 15, Level the Playing Field filed this motion for summary judgment in Level the Playing Field v Federal Election Commission, the presidential debates case pending in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. … Continue reading
The U.S. Supreme Court will consider whether to hear Martin v Moore, 17-156, at its conference of Friday, October 6. This is the case in which Arkansas is trying to persuade the Court to hear its appeal. The Eighth Circuit … Continue reading
New Zealand has a national election on Saturday, September 23; and Germany has one Sunday, September 24. Both countries have multi-party systems and both use proportional representation. New Zealand’s election is tough to predict, but in Germany, Angela Merkel is … Continue reading