Rich Rubino has an essay, “Yes, Joe Kennedy Can Win the Massachusetts U.S. Senate Race” at PoliticsDMZ at this link. … Continue reading
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On December 16, the city attorney of Oakland, California, wrote this legal opinion which says that the city must use Instant Runoff Voting for its own city elections in 2010. The voters amended the charter in 2006 to use IRV, … Continue reading
On September 18, the U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit, had struck down federal campaign rules that tell non-profit groups that they cannot receive more than $5,000 from an individual, if the money is to be used for that non-profit’s … Continue reading
The December 17 issue of The Republican, the daily newspaper of Springfield, Massachusetts, has this editorial, opposing any 3-candidate debates in the upcoming special election for U.S. Senate. The independent candidate, Joseph L. Kennedy, should be excluded, the paper argues, … Continue reading
On December 16, the last brief was filed with the U.S. Supreme Court in Doe v Reed, 09-559, the case over whether governments should release the names and addresses of people who sign petitions. The Court will consider whether the … Continue reading