On March 14, Americans Elect started its Texas petition drive, according to this press release. Texas had been the only state which has a party-petition procedure that Americans Elect had not yet started. A “party-petition procedure” is a petition that … Continue reading
Ezra Klein is a columnist for the Washington Post, for Bloomberg News, and a contributor to MSNBC. This Klein column discusses Americans Elect. It is especially interesting because he appears to have interviewed Eliot Ackerman, one of Americans Elect’s leaders. … Continue reading
On March 14, the Maine House passed LD 1774 on a preliminary vote. This is the bill to conform the state’s public funding program (for candidates for state office) to the U.S. Supreme Court decision from Arizona last year. That … Continue reading
On March 15, the New York Assembly passed A9271b, a bill that moves the non-presidential primary from August to June. It also moves the petition deadline for independent candidates, and the nominees of unqualified parties, from August 21 to May … Continue reading
On March 15, the Indiana Supreme Court upheld the certification of the November 2010 election returns for the Secretary of State race. Here is the 20-page decision in White v Indiana Democratic Party, 49S00-1202. White, the Republican nominee, had easily … Continue reading
