On January 6, seven more employees of the Pennsylvania legislature pleaded guilty to doing partisan campaign work with state resources. See this story. The partisan campaign work included many types of activity, including work against the Green Party’s statewide petition … Continue reading
The San Jose Mercury News has this story about Verafirma, a company that has developed technology to let people sign petitions electronically. The company says it already has a customer, who will use it to help put an initiative on … Continue reading
Connecticut Secretary of State Susan Bysiewicz, a Democrat, has filed an amicus curiae brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals, 2nd circuit. Her brief urges the 2nd circuit to reverse the U.S. District Court in the case over the discriminatory … Continue reading
The Denver Post of January 6 has this editorial, saying the state law that bars anyone from being an independent candidate, if that person had been a registered member of a qualified party 17 months before the election, is unfair … Continue reading
On the evening of January 5, the Oakland, California, City Council voted 6-2 to use Instant Runoff Voting for this year’s city elections. Instead of the old system, a June first round with a November run-off when no one got … Continue reading
