The San Jose Mercury News has this op-ed, by Rob Richie and Devin McCarthy, advocating that U.S. House elections provide for multi-member districts, combined with Ranked Choice Voting. The most startling fact in the op-ed is that with our current system, the Republicans could keep a majority in the U.S. House even if the Republicans only receive 45% of the two-party vote cast for U.S. House nationwide. The suggested reform would almost certainly mean that the party that receives the most votes nationwide for U.S. House would be the party that organizes the U.S. House.

On November 27, the Eleventh Circuit expedited the lawsuit Hall v Secretary of State of Alabama, 13-15214. This is the case over ballot access for James Hall, the only independent or minor party candidate who submitted any signatures to be on the ballot in the December 17 election for Alabama’s U.S. House, district one, special election.

On November 27, the Ohio Green Party, and the Ohio Constitution Party, filed a motion to intervene in Libertarian Party of Ohio v Husted, southen district, 2:13cv-953. This is the lawsuit over whether the new definition of “political party” the legislature passed earlier this month can go into effect for the 2014 election. Here is the motion for intervention, which explains some of the problems for the two parties if the Court doesn’t grant relief.