A group of activists who favor more inclusion for general election presidential debates has launched opendebates2016.com.
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Fox Business Network will debut “The Independents” on Monday, December 9, at 9 p.m. eastern time. It will air Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday. See this article about the show. Thanks to Manny Klausner for the link.
The Rock River Times has this story about the other Constitution Party ballot access lawsuit against New Mexico (not the case that was won on December 9 against the April petition deadline). The other case, now pending in the New Mexico Supreme Court, challenges the Secretary of State’s decision to remove the Constitution Party and the Green Party from the 2014 ballot.
The Rock River Times is not a New Mexico newspaper, but hopefully this same story, or one similar to it, is also running in New Mexico newspapers.
On November 25, three Louisiana voters filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court, alleging that the boundaries of some of the U.S. House districts constitute a “racial gerrymander”, especially the boundaries of the 2nd district, which is the only Louisiana district represented by a Democrat. The case is Buckley v Schedler, middle district, 3:13cv-763. The attorney for the voters is a former state chair of the Louisiana Democratic Party. See this story, which has a map of the districts.
The Alaska Dispatch is Alaska’s leading online-only news site. On December 8 it carried this article by Bill Walker, who is running for Governor in 2014 as an independent candidate. He is a former Mayor of Valdez, an expert in legal issues involving oil and gas, and had run for Governor in 2010 in the Republican primary, where he polled 33%, placing second in a six-candidate field. Walker’s campaign web page is www.billwalkerforgovernor.com.