Canada traditionally holds “premiership” debates between the leaders of four parties, prior to national parliamentary elections. One could consider these the Canadian equivalent of U.S. presidential debates. By tradition, any party that runs candidates for Parliament in a substantial number … Continue reading
California now has bill in both houses of the legislature, setting up a presidential primary in February. The Senate bill, introduced on January 22 by Senator Ron Calderon (chair of the Senate Elections Committee), is SB 113. Like its companion … Continue reading
Vermont Secretary of State Deb Markowitz is asking the Vermont legislature to pass a bill that would let Vermont use Instant-Runoff Voting for one or two particular state offices in the future. The legislature will decide which offices. Markowitz then … Continue reading
The news that U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton is leading for the Democratic presidential nomination has brought a spate of news stories about women candidates for president in the past. Many of these stories erroneously say that Victoria Woodhull ran for … Continue reading
On January 17, the Colorado Senate committee that handles election bills (the strangely-named State, Veterans and Military Affairs Committee) passed SB 46, which sets up the National Popular Vote plan compact for presidential elections. The bill has a vote set … Continue reading
