Professor Lawrence Lessig is dedicated to getting a bill through Congress next year for public funding for congressional campaigns. Earlier this year he formed a SuperPAC, Mayday, which raised $12,000,000 that will be used to make independent expenditures for congressional … Continue reading
On July 28, Jeff Amason, the only Libertarian who petitioned to be on the ballot this year for the Georgia legislature, filed a lawsuit in state court to gain a place on the ballot. Even though he successfully obtained the … Continue reading
COFOE, the Coalition for Free & Open Elections, holds an annual board meeting. The minutes of the June 2014 meeting held in New York city are now posted at COFOE’s web page. COFOE is a loose coalition of most of … Continue reading
Harold Meyerson, editor-at-large for The American Prospect, and an opinion writer for the Washington Post, has this piece about top-two primaries. The linked article is from the Madison, Wisconsin daily newspaper, but the article also appeared in the Washington Post. … Continue reading
The Concord Monitor has this editorial, criticizing the law passed this year that makes it illegal for a group to circulate a petition in odd years if it wants to appear on the ballot. … Continue reading
