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.
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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.
Here is a newspaper story about the December 20 hearing in U.S. District Court, in the federal government’s lawsuit against New York state for not replacing its lever voting machines. The judge wants the state to tell him by January 4 how it will comply with the Help America Vote Act, which outlawed lever voting machines.
On December 20, the Arkansas Secretary of State’s office approved the Constitution Party’s petition for presidential status. The party is now on for president in 15 states. Exactly four years ago, the party was only on in 10 states.