California State Senate Bill 589 has passed the Senate and several committees in the Assembly. It would provide that adult citizens who have a conservator may still register to vote if they can communicate that they desire to register to vote. Currently, each California county has its own policy about revoking voting rights for registered voters who are put under a conservatorship. See this story. Thanks to AroundtheCapitol for the link.
Jose Nunez-Melo, who was elected to the Canadian Parliament at the last national election in 2011, has left the New Democratic Party and joined the Green Party. See this story. He represents a district in Quebec. The Green Party now has three members in the House.
The Florida legislature is meeting in special session August 10-21 to draw new U.S. House district boundaries. According to this story, the legislature is having a difficult time. Representative Evan Jenne (D-Dania Beach) has introduced HB 21 to establish a non-partisan redistricting commission. It would have 9 members, including three who are not members of either the Democratic or Republican Party.
Philadelphia elects city offices on November 3, 2015, including City Commissioner (not the same office as City Councilmember). The only petitioning candidate this year for City Commissioner is Glenn C. Davis, chair of the Green Party of Philadelphia. His petition has been challenged, even though on July 24, 2015, a U.S. District Court struck down Pennsylvania’s challenge procedures as applied to the Constitution, Green, and Libertarian Parties.
The U.S. District Court order in Constitution Party of Pennsylvania, et al, v Cortes, says, “It is hereby ordered that 25 P.S. 2911(b) and 25 P.S. 2937 are hereby declared unconstitutional as applied to plaintiffs.” There will be state court proceedings this week on the Davis matter.
Canada holds a parliamentary election on October 19. On August 15, a Leger Poll was released showing that the New Democratic Party is leading. This party has never before formed a national government in Canada. Leger is the largest Canadian polling company. See this story.
