On May 28, Robert B. Reich, Labor Secretary for President Bill Clinton, posted a blog post on his own blog, “Why Democrats Can’t be Trusted to Control Wall Street.” The last line is, “Democrats can’t be trusted to control Wall … Continue reading
Ballot Access News May 1, 2013 – Volume 28, Number 12 This issue was printed on pink paper. Table of Contents BALLOT ACCESS IMPROVEMENTS ADVANCE IN FIVE STATES RALPH NADER FILES PENNSYLVANIA APPEAL U.S. SUPREME COURT WON’T HEAR POSTAL PETITIONING … Continue reading
A Marist Poll released May 28 shows that no Democratic candidate for Mayor of New York city now enjoys more than 24% of the Democratic electorate. This makes it very likely that a run-off primary will be needed. State law … Continue reading
Political science professor Hans Hassell of Cornell College in Iowa has posted a paper, “The Non-existent Primary-Ideology Link, or Do Open Primaries Actually Limit Party Influence in Primary Elections?” He finds that in open primary states in which a major … Continue reading
The U.S. Supreme Court issued opinions on May 28, but did not issue the opinion in either of the two pending election law cases. The opinions in those two cases will therefore appear on one of the four Mondays in … Continue reading
