On May 6, the Texas House Defense and Veterans Affairs Committee passed SB 100, after amending it. The amended bill moves the Texas primary (for President and all other office) from March to April. It moves the runoff primary from … Continue reading
On May 3, the Colorado House passed SB 189, and on May 5, the Senate concurred in the House amendments, so the bill is now through the legislature. The bill moves the non-presidential primary from the 2nd Tuesday in August, … Continue reading
On May 6, Michael Chamness filed his motion for summary judgment in Chamness v Bowen, the federal case against two particular details of the California top-two system. The case attacks California’s discriminatory policy on ballot labels. It also attacks the … Continue reading
Dr. Edward Shadid, 43, a spinal surgeon, was elected to the city council of Oklahoma City on April 5, 2011. The election was non-partisan. He had run for the legislature as a Green Party nominee in 2010, and had polled … Continue reading
Ruth Ellen Brosseau is a newly elected member of the Canadian parliament. Here is just one of many articles about her. She was a New Democratic Party nominee from a Quebec district, and she won, even though she never believed … Continue reading
