Gary Johnson and Jill Stein still plan to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to hear Johnson v Commission on Presidential Debates, their case using federal anti-trust law to attack the exclusionary policy of the Commission on Presidential Debates. Their cert … Continue reading
New Jersey does not permit out-of-state circulators for primary petitions. The Third Circuit will hear a challenge to that law on January 23, 2018, Wilmuth v Guadagno, 17-1925. The plaintiff filed the case in 2016, wanting to circulate primary petitions … Continue reading
Socialist Alternative entered a candidate in the November 7, 2017 elections for Minneapolis city council, ward 3. That candidate, Ginger Jentzen, placed first among the first choice ballots. Minneapolis uses ranked-choice voting. Jentzen did not win a majority when the … Continue reading
Chanda Mills Crutcher, a pastor, has entered the December 12 Alabama U.S. Senate race. She is the first woman in the race. See this press release. … Continue reading
The British Columbia government is planning to hold a referendum on proportional representation. This newspaper story in the Ladysmith Chronicle gives the details. Ladysmith is a town in British Columbia, on Vancouver Island. … Continue reading
