On June 1, leaders of Washington state’s minor parties issued a press release, emphasizing their opposition to that state’s top-two election system, and asking California voters to reject the idea. Californians will vote on June 8; the California measure is Prop. 14. See the press release here. Thanks to Free & Equal for the link. Also, Independent Political Report also carried this press release.
Caroline Lucas, the newly-elected Green Party member of the British House of Commons, recently gave her maiden speech in that chamber. Here is the text. It is endearing.
Gallup Polls has been tracking voter attitudes toward the Democratic Party, and toward the Republican Party, for decades. A new poll released on June 1 shows that public esteem for each of these parties is near record lows for the last 28 years. Thanks to Political Wire for the link.
Gautam Dutta, a California attorney and activist for electoral reform has this op-ed published in the June 1 Daily News of Los Angeles. The Daily News has the second-greatest readership of any newspaper in Los Angeles County.
This June 1 story give the amount spent on advertising for and against each of California’s five ballot measures for the June 8 ballot. Proposition 14, the top-two system, has received $4,536,050 from supporters, and $208,550 from opponents. It is believed that the Libertarian Party is about to spend $10,000 opposing Proposition 14, probably mostly on radio ads.
