The Arkansas Libertarian Party has 1,964 signatures on its petition to qualify the party for the presidential ballot. Only 1,000 are required. The party will turn them in before the end of the month. This will be the first petition … Continue reading
On September 18, the U.S. Senate was unable to vote on S1257 due to a filibuster. A motion to stop the filibuster received 57 votes, but it needed 60 to succeed. S1257 would have expanded the U.S. House from 435 … Continue reading
S1257, the bill to give the District of Columbia a voting member of the House of Representatives, will be on the U.S. Senate floor starting approximately 2 p.m. eastern time, on Tuesday, Sep. 18. U.S. Senator Robert Byrd (D-W.V.) issued … Continue reading
The 2008 set of national presidential nominating conventions (of the parties whose nominee could theoretically be elected) happens to work out on a schedule of one convention per month. The Constitution Party meets April 22-27 in Kansas City. The Libertarian … Continue reading
The city of Modesto, California, is trying to persuade the U.S. Supreme Court to invalidate a California election law that will force Modesto to elect its city councilmembers by district. The California law is somewhat like the federal voting rights … Continue reading
