A team of political scientists at the University of Illinois in Chicago, headed by Professor Dick Simpson, has studied crime statistics and has determined that in the period starting in 1976, Louisiana has had the most political corruption of any … Continue reading
Virginia holds its gubernatorial election on November 5, 2013. It is assumed that Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli will be the Republican nominee and that Terry McAuliffe, former chair of the Democratic national committee, will be the Democratic nominee. The state’s … Continue reading
On February 20, the Oklahoma House Rules Committee passed HB 2134. The vote was 7-0 and the Committee did not amend the bill. The bill lowers the number of signatures for a newly-qualifying party to exactly 5,000 signatures. Two years … Continue reading
On February 18, Don Shaffer died. He had been a founder of the New Party in 1992, and also a founder of the Working Families Party in 1997. See this article in The Nation, written by Dan Cantor. … Continue reading
On February 18, the Kansas House passed HB 2130, which repeals the Kansas ban on out-of-state petitioners. The vote was 118-1. This bill exists because the Constitution Party won a ballot access lawsuit in 2011 against the out-of-state circulator ban. … Continue reading
