Chanda Mills Crutcher, a pastor, has entered the December 12 Alabama U.S. Senate race. She is the first woman in the race. See this press release. … Continue reading
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The British Columbia government is planning to hold a referendum on proportional representation. This newspaper story in the Ladysmith Chronicle gives the details. Ladysmith is a town in British Columbia, on Vancouver Island. … Continue reading
Montana requires a petition of 5,000 signatures for a group to become a qualified party. The Montana Green Party now has 3,000 signatures. The deadline is March 15, 2018. Assuming the petition succeeds, it should be easy for the party … Continue reading
Maine is the only state with any tribal representatives to the state legislature. The three tribal representatives represent, respectively, the Passamaquoddy, Penobscot, and Maliseet people. The tribes select them by their own process. They can introduce bills and participate in … Continue reading
On November 19, the Oregon Democratic Party reaffirmed its desire to let only registered Democrats vote in its primaries. The state allows each party that holds a primary to decide for itself whether to let independent voters choose that party’s … Continue reading