On December 11, the Democratic National Committee chose Denver as its 2008 presidential convention city. The only other city in the running had been New York city. Mayor Michael Bloomberg had seemed to discourage the Democrats from meeting in New … Continue reading
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On January 11, Congressman Ron Paul filed incorporation papers to create a presidential exploratory committee. This allows him to raise money for a campaign to seek the Republican Party’s presidential nomination. He has not yet actually announced that he will … Continue reading
On April 17, the voters of Springfield, Illinois, will vote on whether to allow Instant-Runoff Voting for overseas absentee voters, in elections for city office. The city council has already approved the idea. Thanks to Dan Johnson-Weinberger for this news. … Continue reading
The New Jersey lawsuit filed by several minor parties on October 13, 2006 has moved slowly. The parties have given the state an extension until the first week in February 2007 to answer their complaint. The lawsuit complains about these … Continue reading
Lowell Finley, co-founder of Voter Action, was named one of California’s new Deputy Secretaries of State on January 8. Voter Action exists to fight electronic vote-counting technology. See http://voteraction.org for more information about the organization. Lowell Finley has been serving … Continue reading