Michael Waldman, Executive Director of the Brennan Center, has this article, boosting the National Popular Vote Plan, in Washington Monthly.
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Earlier this month, the California Moderate Party created a webpage for itself and says it will attempt to qualify for the 2010 ballot. It needs 88,991 registered members by January 6, 2010. The party’s webpage is www.camod.org.
The founder, or one of the founders, is Ash Roughani of Sacramento, who has ties to both the United States and Iran. The party’s webpage does not make it clear if it wants people to register as a member of the “Moderate Party” or the “California Moderate Party”. UPDATE: as commenter #1 says, the party wants people to register “California Moderate”.
On Saturday, July 11, C-SPAN 2 will carry a broadcast of Theresa Amato discussing her book “Grand Illusion: The Myth of Voter Choice in a 2-Party Tyranny”. The event is happening at the Chicago Tribune Printers Row Literature Fest. The interview lasts just under one hour and seems to be combined with another author, Rick Perlstein, author of “Nixonland.” See here for more detail. There are seven hours of interviews and the Amato-Perlstein one occupies the sixth hour.
On Saturday, July 11, C-SPAN 2 will carry a broadcast of Theresa Amato discussing her book “Grand Illusion: The Myth of Voter Choice in a 2-Party Tyranny”. The event is happening at the Chicago Tribune Printers Row Literature Fest. The interview lasts just under one hour and seems to be combined with another author, Rick Perlstein, author of “Nixonland.” See here for more detail. There are seven hours of interviews and the Amato-Perlstein one occupies the sixth hour.
(this is not a news item). If anyone who reads this lives in Nebraska, and would like to do something very simple and costfree to help ballot access, please e-mail me privately, richardwinger@yahoo.com.