Law Professors Chris Elmendorf and David Schleicher have this op-ed in the San Francisco Chronicle of February 28. They present evidence that non-partisan elections are faulty, because many voters are so dependent on party labels, they simply won’t vote in … Continue reading
The Pennsylvania Green Party held a state nominating convention February 20-21 near Pittsburgh, and nominated a candidate for U.S. Senate, one for U.S. House, and four state house candidates. The party will attempt to place all its nominees on the … Continue reading
Joe Schwarz, a former Republican congressman from Michigan, will say on Monday, March 1, whether or not he will run for Governor as an independent. See this story. Michigan has never had an independent candidate for Governor on a government-printed … Continue reading
HR 1826, which provides for public funding for candidates for Congress, gained 5 co-sponsors in the last week, and now has 138. No other election-law bill in the House gained any co-sponsors in the last week, except for HR 3025. … Continue reading
On February 25, a subcommittee of the Virginia House Privileges and Elections Committee completely altered SB 624. The bill, as passed unanimously by the Senate on February 1, expands the list of which groups can see the list of who … Continue reading
