The Institute of Governmental Studies, at U.C. Berkeley, publishes the California Journal of Politics & Policy. The latest issue, Volume 7, issue 1, 2015, has just been posted on-line and can be seen at this link. It contains six scholarly … Continue reading
Joe Brown, a former Tampa Tribune columnist, has this op-ed in that newspaper, advocating that write-in space on Florida ballots be abolished. Write-ins in Florida are already severely restricted. No one can be a write-in candidate unless he or she … Continue reading
The Supreme Court of British Columbia has ruled that the newspaper National Post defamed Andrew Weaver, a Green Party member of the British Columbia legislature. See this story. … Continue reading
On January 30-31, the Institute of Government Studies held a public forum on the 2014 California election. One of the panels was “The Top-Two: So What?”, which featured one political scientist and three campaign consultants. Amy Walter, who attended the … Continue reading
South Dakota State Senator Corey Brown has decided to abandon his SB 166, which would have virtually doubled the number of signatures needed for a statewide initiative. See this story, which says that the legislature received many phone calls from … Continue reading
