The U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit, will hear Unity08 v Federal Election Commission on October 15, 2009, at 9:30 a.m. The panel consists of Judges Douglas H. Ginsburg, Karen Henderson, and Stephen Williams. The issue is whether the FEC … Continue reading
The September 14 U.S. edition of Metro has this story about Frances Villar’s campaign for Mayor of New York city. Villar is the candidate of the Party for Socialism and Liberation. Metro is an international daily newspaper published in 100 … Continue reading
The September 14 issue of the Patriot-News, the daily newspaper of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, explains why so few votes get cast in the county that contains Harrisburg, Dauphin County. See this article. Dauphin County uses Electec 1242B vote-counting machines. A voter … Continue reading
Jay Jacobs, who will soon take up his post as state chair of the New York Democratic Party, says he tends to want to make it illegal for two political parties to jointly nominate the same candidate, according to this … Continue reading
The Ventura County Star of Ventura, California, has this interesting article on how Californians can go about applying to be on the elite commission that will draw state legislative district boundaries in 2011. Thanks to Rick Hasen’s ElectionLawBlog for the … Continue reading
