The Institute of Governmental Studies has an all-day symposium on Wednesday, September 2, at 109 Moses Hall on the campus of the University of California at Berkeley. Here is the schedule. Note especially the 2 p.m. panel on third political parties in the 2015 election. Unfortunately this free event is already filled up, but it is possible to be wait-listed. One of the speakers is Thomas Mann from the Brookings Institution.
Here is a newspaper story about the oral argument on August 25 in Montgomery, Alabama, over the state’s legislative districts. The case is Alabama Legislative Black Caucus v Alabama.
The Observer-Reporter, daily newspaper in Washington, Pennsylvania, has this editorial, calling for easier ballot access for minor parties and independent candidates in Pennsylvania. The editorial criticizes the state government for saying it will appeal the ballot access victory won last month.
Similar editorials have been published recently in Philadelphia and Lancaster.
The Republican Party’s national convention in Cleveland is less than eleven months away, and Cleveland officials are working on determining where protesters should be allowed to demonstrate. See this story.
The Federal Election Commission has received forms from 835 individuals who claim they are running for President. The number was 586 before Public Policy Polling included Deez Nuts in some of its polls. That got so much publicity, it stimulated hundreds more entries, virtually all of them obviously jokes. See this story. Thanks to the Center for Competitive Politics for the link. The number grows every day.
