The December 20 issue of The Huffington Post reports that for the last several months, Mayor Michael Bloomberg of New York city and U.S. Senator Chuck Hagel have been holding regular phone conversations. The author of the article believes that they may have been talking about forming a joint independent ticket.
On December 21, the Illinois State Board of Elections ruled that Alan Keyes should be on the Republican presidential primary ballot, even though 3,000 signatures are required and Keyes submitted fewer than 200 signatures. The man who challenged Keyes’ petitions recently revoked his own voter registration, so he no longer had the legal ability to bring a challenge.
The New Jersey National Popular Vote Plan bill, which has already passed the Assembly, is expected to receive a vote on the State Senate on January 3.
Constitutional law scholar Vikram Amar as this essay on Findlaw, on the California initiative to let each U.S. House district choose its own presidential elector. Backers of the initiative earlier said they cannot get the signatures in time for the initiative to be on the June 2008 primary ballot. Therefore, they hope to place it on the November 2008 ballot. The essay rebuts the idea that the initiative, if passed in November 2008, could go into effect in time for the 2008 electoral college process.
Constitutional law scholar Vikram Amar as this essay on Findlaw, on the California initiative to let each U.S. House district choose its own presidential elector. Backers of the initiative earlier said they cannot get the signatures in time for the initiative to be on the June 2008 primary ballot. Therefore, they hope to place it on the November 2008 ballot. The essay rebuts the idea that the initiative, if passed in November 2008, could go into effect in time for the 2008 electoral college process.
