A Superior Court in Alameda County, California, will hear arguments in Rubin v Bowen, RG 11-605-301, on October 9, 2012, in Oakland, California. This is the lawsuit filed last year by the Peace & Freedom, Libertarian, and Alameda County Green Parties against Proposition 14, the top-two open primary law passed in June 2010.
The Guardian, a leading newspaper in Great Britain, has this perceptive column about the U.S. general election presidential debates, written by Glenn Greenwald. Thanks to Rick Kissell for the link.
According to the Americans Elect Mission Report, published this year, the organization spent $1,157,723 for ballot access in 2010, and $10,158,324 in 2011. Those total $11,316,047. The report does not have the 2012 figure.
Americans Elect eventually qualified itself in 29 states. The last state in which it qualified was Oregon. It had collected signatures in some states that it never submitted.
The report also says that on June 26, 2012, Americans Elect’s Board of Directors approved a plan of dissolution. The report says the dissolution will be completed by the end of 2012. However, the organization’s ballot status will survive in 2014 in twelve states.
According to this story, U.S. District Court Judge Paul Borman has affirmed his original order that Michigan Secretary of State appear in court. The case involves her directive concerning whether voters at the polls should be required to check a checkbox that says the voter is a citizen.
John Andrews, writing for Daily Kos, here gives high praise to Jill Stein and Rocky Anderson for their answers to the presidential debate questions on the evening of October 3.
