On March 27, the Texas House Elections Committee held hearings on many bills concerning the electoral college. The video of that hearing is now posted for those who want to watch. Thanks to Jim Riley for the link.
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Cheri Honkala, the Green Party nominee for State House in Pennsylvania’s 197th district, is about to file a federal lawsuit over election law violations in the March 21 special election. On March 30, the Philadelphia Republican Party and the state Republican Party said they will join her lawsuit. See this story.
Pennsylvania’s Attorney General will investigate charges that many election laws were broken on March 21, the day the voters of the 197th House district chose a new state representative. See this story.
Fox & Hounds, a California politics blog, here has Joe Mathew’s piece, advocating that the United States use proportional representation. Thanks to Irv Sutley for the link.
Warren Redlich was the New York Libertarian Party nominee for Governor in 2010. He polled 48,386 votes. If he had polled 50,000, the New York Libertarian Party would have become a ballot-qualified party for the first time. He might have polled the 50,000 votes, except that shortly before the election, a flyer was widely distributed that accused him of being a child molester, and warned parents to keep their children away from his home area. There was no truth whatsoever in the flyer.
Redlich sued the Republican Party nominee for Governor, Carl Paladino, in 2011. He also sued Roger Stone. However, they deny being the authors of the flyer. The case finally has a trial later this year. See this story. The trial had been set to begin on March 30, but it has been postponed. The case is Redlich v Paladino, Manhattan Supreme Court, 2011-109-005. Thanks to John Sproul for this news.