On April 26, the Connecticut House passed HB 5421, the National Popular Vote Plan, 77-73. This is the first progress the plan has made in state legislatures since before the 2016 election. Now the bill goes to the Senate. See … Continue reading
The Intercept has this detailed and interesting article about the interaction between the 2016 Jill Stein Campaign, and the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee. … Continue reading
On April 26, the Eighth Circuit remanded Moore v Martin back to the U.S. District Court, so that the District Court can specify whether the March 1 paperwork deadline for independent candidates should be enjoined. The case had been filed … Continue reading
Congressman Doug Lamborn’s new lawsuit against the Colorado ban on out-of-state circulators has been assigned to Judge Philip Brimmer, a Bush Jr. appointee. In 2013, Judge Brimmer struck down Colorado’s ban on paying circulators on a per-signature basis. That case … Continue reading
Ed Kilgore has this analysis of how California’s top-two system is subject to manipulation by both Democratic and Republican Party leaders. Kilgore is the political columnist for New York Magazine. … Continue reading
