About six months ago, a Green Party web page devoted specifically to persuading voters to register “Green” was put up. It is http://switch2green.org. The site makes a partisan pitch that if the reader is unhappy with Democratic inaction in Congress on certain hot issues, then the reader should change registration.
About six months ago, a Green Party web page devoted specifically to persuading voters to register “Green” was put up. It is http://switch2green.org. The site makes a partisan pitch that if the reader is unhappy with Democratic inaction in Congress on certain hot issues, then the reader should change registration.
Here is an article briefly describing the U.S. Supreme Court oral argument in Davis v Federal Election Commission. The article says both sides had holes poked in their arguments, and says it is very difficult to predict which way this case will go. Check back here later in the day for a link to the transcript.
UPDATE: Here is a somewhat more comprehensive AP story. SECOND UPDATE: see here for Election Law Professor Rick Hasen’s analysis of the oral argument. His blog also has a link to the transcript.
The case challenges part of the McCain-Feingold law. That part of the law relaxes contribution limits when one of the candidates for Congress spends more than $350,000 on his or her own campaign. Davis argues that since the government had earlier insisted that strict contribution limits are necessary to prevent corruption or the appearance of corruption, the whole rationale for relaxing contribution limits in certain situations doesn’t make sense.
Here is an article briefly describing the U.S. Supreme Court oral argument in Davis v Federal Election Commission. The article says both sides had holes poked in their arguments, and says it is very difficult to predict which way this case will go. Check back here later in the day for a link to the transcript.
UPDATE: Here is a somewhat more comprehensive AP story. SECOND UPDATE: see here for Election Law Professor Rick Hasen’s analysis of the oral argument. His blog also has a link to the transcript.
The case challenges part of the McCain-Feingold law. That part of the law relaxes contribution limits when one of the candidates for Congress spends more than $350,000 on his or her own campaign. Davis argues that since the government had earlier insisted that strict contribution limits are necessary to prevent corruption or the appearance of corruption, the whole rationale for relaxing contribution limits in certain situations doesn’t make sense.
The Maine Green Party is the strongest state Green Party in the nation, for the variable of doing well in state legislative elections. In 2002 and 2004, the Maine Greens elected a state legislator. Although it didn’t elect any in 2006, its nominees outpolled the Republican nominee in three districts.
In 2006 the party had 2 State Senate candidates (out of 35 seats), and 8 State House candidates (out of 151 seats). This year, it has 3 State Senate candidates, and 10 State House candidates. This year’s nominee for the seat that it had won in the past, the 118th district in Portland, is Daniel S. Szatkowski.
