On November 21, some Kansas voters who used the federal voter registration form to register to vote filed a lawsuit against the new dual registration system. The Kansas Secretary of State recently promulgated regulations that do not permit voters who use the federal form to participate in state and local elections. The lawsuit argues that this violates the Kansas Constitution, and also that the regulations were not promulgated legally. Here is a copy of the complaint. The ACLU is handling the case, which is Belenky v Kobach, 3rd circuit, Topeka.

Venture capitalist Jeffrey S. McCormick announced last month that he will run for Governor of Massachusetts in 2014 as an independent. See this story. He is backed by Joe Malone, a former Republican who was elected Treasurer of Massachusetts in 1990 and re-elected in 1994. Malone recently left the Republican Party and became an independent.

Evan Falchuk is also running for Governor of Massachusetts outside the two major parties. He has been campaigning since July and he expects to be on the November 2014 ballot as the nominee of his United Independent Party.

The Los Angeles times has this front-page story about Kshama Sawant. Thanks to Gene Berkman for the link.