Policy Mic has abstracted two of the most interesting parts of Ron Paul’s interview on the Jay Leno show. See here.
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On September 4, the Ohio Secretary of State asked the 6th circuit to reverse a recent decision of a U.S. District Court, concerning whether Ohio must let voters vote early on the weekend before election day. The U.S. District Court had required the early voting on that weekend, on equal protection grounds, because the state lets members of the military who are in the U.S. vote early on that weekend. However, the early voting for members of the military is at the discretion of each particular county board of elections.
John Nichols has this piece in The Nation magazine of September 17, 2012, criticizing the general election presidential debates and the group that sponsors them.
On September 4, Google TV ads changed its mind and agreed to submit a Jill Stein TV ad to various media outlets. Google TV had originally rejected the proposed ad because it had a slight bit of implied obscenity. See this story from the New York Times, which has a link to the ad.
On September 4, the Vermont Secretary of State agreed to put Rocky Anderson on the ballot as the Justice Party presidential nominee. A Vermont superior court had put him on the ballot on August 6, but the Secretary of State had then asked the Vermont Supreme Court to stay that order. On August 27, the State Supreme Court had refused to stay the lower court order.
But at that point, the Secretary of State, who is a Democrat, still wouldn’t put Anderson on the ballot. He said the August 6 court order only meant that signatures Anderson had gathered before the June 14 statutory deadline could be used, whereas Anderson interpreted the court order to mean he was free to obtain more signatures during the period the court had set, the two-week period August 6-20. But on September 4, the Secretary of State changed his mind and agreed to interpret the court order in the same manner that Anderson interpreted it. It is conceivable, but far from certain, that this means that Jill Stein might also get on the ballot. Thanks to Cynthia Papermaster for this news.