The Citizens Voice, one of the two daily newspapers in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, has this story mentioning the upcoming legislative hearing on ballot access. The hearing is Tuesday, September 22, at 9 a.m. It concerns SB 495.
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According to this New York Times story, Hillary Clinton, who was campaigning in Puerto Rico, said publicly that she has always felt it is indefensible that U.S. adult citizens living in Puerto Rico can’t vote in presidential general elections. See the very end of the story.
SurveyUSA has released its general election presidential poll. The results, if Donald Trump is the Republican nominee and Hillary Clinton is the Democratic nominee: Trump 45%, Clinton 40%, other or undecided 15%. The poll includes other pairs as well. Thanks to PoliticalWire for the link.
This Stateline article reviews the status of various lawsuits around the country which may result in the need for states to redraw their U.S. House and/or state legislative districts before the 2016 election. These states include Alabama, Florida, North Carolina, Texas, Virginia, and Wisconsin.
Since the article was written, the 3-judge U.S. District Court in Alabama has instructed the plaintiffs to draw their own districts by September 25. This suggests that the plaintiffs are likely to win their lawsuit, if they can do a satisfactory job of producing their own plan.
Ben Chipman, who has been elected to several terms in the Maine legislature as an independent, has become a Democrat. See this story. Before Chipman was in the legislature, he was an aide to Green Party Representative John Eder.