On March 28, the Idaho Senate State Affairs Committee introduced SB 1198. Currently, Idaho voter registration forms do not ask voters to choose a party. The bill provides that in the future, voter registration forms will include a place for … Continue reading
On March 27, the voters of Baden-Wuerttemberg state in southwest Germany cast ballots for state office. The Green Party placed second, with 24.2% of the vote. Because the Social Democratic Party received 23.1%, there is likely to be a coalition … Continue reading
On March 28, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in McComish v Bennett, and Arizona Free Enterprise Club’s PAC v Bennett, the two combined cases over one aspect of Arizona public funding for candidates for state office. This Associated … Continue reading
The U.S. Supreme Court considered whether or not to hear Green Party of Connecticut v Lenge, 10-795, on March 25. However, when the orders list from the March 25 conference was released on March 28, the Court had neither accepted … Continue reading
The March 29 (Sunday) New York Times has this review of Martin Duberman’s “A saving remnant: the Radical Lives of Barbara Deming and David McReynolds”. David McReynolds was the Socialist Party’s presidential nominee in 1980 as well as in 2000. … Continue reading
