Anna Keenan, of Prince Edward Island Province, Canada, believes that the “Dual Member Mixed Proportional” System is the best proportional representation system. It is called DMP for short. Here is a slide show to explain how it would work for the legislature of Prince Edward Island. Thanks to Michael Hunter for the link.
A U.S. District Court will hear Libertarian Party of Connecticut v Merrill, 3:15cv-1851, on January 22. The party will ask for injunctive relief against the ban on out-of-state circulators. Here is the complaint, which was filed on December 22, 2015.
The Central African Republic held a presidential election on January 3, with 30 candidates on the ballot. An independent candidate placed first. No one got as much as 50%, so there will be a runoff on January 31. See this story.
Jill Stein, the only presidential candidate other than Martin O’Malley who is actively working to qualify for primary season matching funds, has now met the legal requirement in 13 states. Candidates must raise at least $5,000 from each of 20 states. For the purpose of qualifying for primary season matching funds, only the first $250 from any single donor counts.
The Stein campaign is working on these eight states to finish the job: Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Minnesota, North Carolina, Ohio, Virginia, and Wisconsin.
Connecticut has a closed presidential primary on April 26 for the Republican and Democratic presidential primaries. Brendan Cox, opinion page editor of The Bulletin of Norwich, has this column of advice for Connecticut independent voters. He is a registered independent himself. He points out that an independent who wants to vote in the more interesting presidential primary is free to wait until the day before the primary to join one of the two major parties. However, anyone who wants to join one of those parties as late as April 25 must do it in person at the town hall. Someone who uses the mail must make sure that the form arrives by April 21. See his column here.
