This New York Times story says that Mayor Bloomberg is now assured of receiving the nomination of the Independence Party of New York city. Those leaders, Fred Newman, Jackie Salit, and Lenora Fulani, had originally been opposed to re-nominating Bloomberg … Continue reading
On March 24, Utah SB 27 was signed into law. Among other things, it makes modest improvements to ballot access. It deletes the requirement that independent presidential candidates must file in person. No other state had had such a law. … Continue reading
Bills have been introduced in both houses of the Minnesota legislature to establish guidelines for use of Instant Runoff Voting by cities and other governmental units that may wish to use IRV to elect their own officers. They are SF … Continue reading
On March 12, Illinois bills in both houses of the legislature passed out of committee. They would let voters decide in the secrecy of the voting booth which party’s primary ballot to choose. That idea, if passed, would make a … Continue reading
The U.S. Supreme Court held oral argument on March 24 in Citizens United v Federal Election Commission, the case over the intersection between federal campaign laws and a movie that was never shown but which was critical of Hillary Clinton … Continue reading
