On April 30, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed a resolution, expressing its opinion that John McCain is eligible to be president. The resolution deals with people born outside the United States whose parents (or one of them) is serving in the military. See this article. Thanks to Ed Still for the link.
On April 25, the Vermont House passed S.270, the National Popular Vote Plan. The vote was 77-35. When the bill had passed the Senate earlier, the vote had been 22-6. On April 30, Governor Jim Douglas, a Republican, said he was not enthusiastic about the bill, but that he hasn’t decided whether to sign it or veto it. In any event, the bill passed by over two-thirds in each House, so if he does veto it, it may still become law.
This commentary by Dan Tokaji, who has an election law blog, about the U.S. Supreme Court decision in the Indiana photo voter-ID case, is well worth reading.
On April 30, a poll sponsored by MSNBC and the Wall Street Journal was released. If the Democratic nominee were Barack Obama, the November results are: Obama 46%, McCain 43%, undecided 6%, other 5%. This poll didn’t list any “other” candidates. See here for more results from that same poll.
The Coalition for Free & Open Elections (COFOE) has a web page, www.cofoe.org. The minutes of the 2008 board meeting are now posted. The meeting was held March 2, 2008, in New York city. COFOE has existed since 1985 and is a loose coalition of the nation’s nationally-organized minor parties, plus other organizations that also support tolerant ballot access for minor parties and independent candidates. COFOE raises money to help get ballot access lawsuits filed.
