The Utah Green Party now has enough valid signatures for party status for 2018. This is the first party petition the Green Party has completed this year, anywhere in the nation. The law requires 2,000 signatures. The party did it … Continue reading
On September 19, the Ninth Circuit enjoined a San Francisco ordinance that compels print ads for sugary drinks to carry this statement: “Drinking beverages with added sugar(s) contributes to obesity, diabetes, and tooth decay. This is a message from the … Continue reading
George Skelton, Los Angeles Times reporter for California government, here argues that Governor Jerry Brown should veto both SB 568 and SB 149. The former bill moves the primary in all years, for all office, from June to March. The … Continue reading
Nate Silver has this long and interesting analysis of the process by which statisticians and pollsters make predictions, especially about U.S. presidential elections, with greatest emphasis on 2016. … Continue reading
Doug Mataconis, senior editor of Outside the Beltway, has this essay on whether centrism could ever become a third force in U.S. elections. … Continue reading
