On August 9, the Texas Secretary of State filed this brief in Miller v Doe, the Texas ballot access case that had been filed on July 11. The state’s brief makes much out of the paucity of independent candidate plaintiffs … Continue reading
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On August 6, Kshama Sawant polled 36.6% of the vote in the Seattle non-partisan city council election, in district three. She is running for a third term. She is a leader of Socialist Alternative. Six candidates were on the ballot … Continue reading
The San Jose Mercury News, the daily newspaper for northern California’s largest city, recently carried this editorial against the new California law that keeps presidential candidates off primary ballots unless they release their income tax returns. … Continue reading
For several months, Florida prison officials have banned The Militant from being delivered to prisoners who subscribe. Recently the Florida Press Association asked the prison officials to relent. See this story in The Militant. The Socialist Workers Party is the … Continue reading
California State Senator Scott Wiener has a bill, SB 288, to allow the Democratic Party to allow non-citizens to serve on its committees. The Peace & Freedom Party has asked that the bill be amended to include PFP as well, … Continue reading