“The Politico” posted an article on July 14 about a new reality TV show “Independent” and the possibility that the show’s plan to give $1,000,000 to the winning potential presidential candidate would be illegal. The article is here. The article should have mentioned that the U.S. Supreme Court said in McConnell v FEC that minor party and independent candidates may file an “as-applied” challenge to the parts of the McCain-Feingold law that appear to injure new parties and independent candidates.

Carl Romanelli, the Green Party candidate for U.S. Senate from Pennsylvania in 2006, spoke to the Green Party national meeting in Reading, Pennsylvania, on the evening of July 14. Romanelli’s speech is described here. He and Nader are the only two individuals in U.S. history who have been charged with the costs of removing them from the ballot. Romanelli’s appeal is now pending in the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.

California SB 924, the bill to put a question about U.S. policy toward Iraq on the February 2008 primary ballot, has been delayed by the Assembly Appropriations Committee. That committee heard the bill on July 11 and sent it to the suspense file. It could be brought forward again, but for now won’t move. It had already passed the Senate.