The Minnesota Independence Party recently voted not to endorse the nominees of other political parties. She this story. Thanks to Bill Van Allen for the link.
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On November 21, the Board of Californians for Electoral Reform (“CfER”) voted to oppose the ballot measure that will be on the California ballot in June 2010. The ballot measure will probably appear on the ballot as the “Top-Two Open Primary”, because that is the name the legislature gave it when it voted in February 2009 to put it on the ballot.
CfER has been organized for more than ten years, and it has effectively advanced alternate voting systems in several cities in California, especially the use of Instant-Runoff Voting in San Francisco.
During the last three weeks, several election law bills in the U.S. House of Representatives have gained co-sponsors: HR 1826, to provide for non-discriminatory public funding for congressional campaigns, has gained 8 and now has 117; HR 3957, to let ex-felons in all states register to vote for federal elections, has gained 5 and now has 10; HR 2894, on vote-counting machines, gained 2 and how has 97; HR 3025, to provide for bipartisan boards to draw U.S. House boundaries, gained 1 and now has 23.
The Hartford Courant of November 22 has this amusing commentary on the Connecticut legislature’s failure to revise the state’s public funding law. That law was declared unconstitutional on August 27, 2009, and the legislature has not moved ahead with any proposal to amend the law. The column is by Colin McEnroe.
An Ipsos poll for Canada shows that if Canada held a Parliamentary election today, voters would support parties in these proportions: Conservative 40%, Liberal 25%, New Democratic 13%, Green 11%, Bloc Quebecois 10%. See the story here.