The Huffington Post has this summary of November 5, 2013 election returns for the most important races. Thanks to Doug McNeil for the link.
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On November 4, two amicus curiae briefs were filed in the U.S. Supreme Court in Libertarian Party of Michigan v Johnson, 13-421. One brief is filed by former Congressman and independent presidential candidate John B. Anderson, and six professors of political science, on the side of the Michigan Libertarian Party.
The other amicus is filed on the side of the state of Michigan, and is by the Michigan Republican Party.
The state’s brief, arguing that the Court should not hear the case, is due December 4. Chances are the U.S. Supreme Court will decide in December whether or not to hear this case. The issue is whether Michigan’s sore loser law should have been applied to the presidential primary in 2012. Michigan did not apply it in 1980, and the law hasn’t changed since then. Michigan permitted John B. Anderson to run as a minor party candidate in November 1980 even though he had been on the Republican presidential primary ballot that year. But Michigan kept Gary Johnson off the November 2012 ballot as a minor party candidate because his name had appeared on the February 2012 Republican presidential primary ballot.
The U.S. Supreme Court has put Judd v Libertarian Party of Virginia, 13-231, on its November 26 conference. This is the case in which the lower courts struck down Virginia’s ban on out-of-state petitioners. The state is trying to persuade the U.S. Supreme Court to hear this case and reverse the lower courts.
WGBH, one of the most prominent public broadcast stations in the U.S., has this story about Evan Falchuk and his United Independent Party. Falchuk explains why he is trying to found a new party for Massachusetts, and is not just an independent candidate.
Governing Magazine has this fairly lengthy article on Ranked-Choice Voting. Governing Magazine is a monthly print publication that is also on-line, and is intended for state and local government public officials. It is 25 years old. Thanks to Rick Hasen for the link.