Krist Novoselic, chair of FairVote, has this Salon article, advocating cumulative voting, limited voting, and ranked-choice voting to defend representation for all minorities, ethnic, racial, and political.
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On June 26, Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber signed SB 146. Among other things, it says that when a party meets the vote test, it is then qualified for the next two elections, not just the next election. This clears up any ambiguity about the ballot status of the Constitution Party. The Green Party is responsible for getting the bill initiated.
As of June 26, all briefs have been filed in the Tenth Circuit in Riddle v Hickenlooper, 13-1108. The issue is a Colorado law that lets individuals give $400 to legislative candidates who were nominated in a primary, but only $200 to legislative candidates who are nominated by petition, by convention, or who carry on write-in campaigns. The U.S. District Court had upheld the law. In effect, the law lets donors give $400 to a Republican or a Democrat, but only $200 to any other candidate.
On June 21, Alaska filed its brief in the Ninth Circuit in Raymond v Fenumiai, 13-35090. The case challenges Alaska’s ban on out-of-state circulators for initiatives. Alaska’s brief confines itself to arguing that the plaintiff, Robert Raymond, lacks standing and also that the case is not ripe. The state points out that Raymond, who lives in Wisconsin, has never actually alleged that he intends to come to Alaska to circulate any particular initiative.
Mike Duggan, who had been a leading contender for Detroit Mayor in the August non-partisan primary election until he was removed from the ballot on a technicality, may launch a write-in campaign. See this story. Thanks to Thomas Jones for the link.