On July 10, the Washington, D.C. city council gave final passage to B20-0245, which permanently repeals the ban on out-of-district circulators. But the Council did not pass B20-0265, which moves the primary for all office (president and everything else) from … Continue reading
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On July 16, former President Jimmy Carter said in a speech, “America does not at the moment have a functioning democracy”. See this story. In 2003, Carter said that he deplores Georgia’s ballot access laws, but that he saw no … Continue reading
On July 18, Tennessee appealed last month’s decision in Green Party of Tennessee v Hargett, middle district, 3:11cv-692. The U.S. District Court last month had struck down the number of signatures needed for a new party, and had also struck … Continue reading
Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens has this book review in the New York Review of Books. The book Stevens reviews is “Bending Toward Justice: The Voting Rights Act and the Transformation of American Democracy”, by Gary May. … Continue reading
As reported previously, this year the Republican majority in the Arizona legislative sharply increased the difficulty for minor party members to get on their own party’s primary ballots, and also made it virtually impossible for smaller qualified parties to nominate … Continue reading