The California Poll published a poll on August 21, showing that the proposed initiative to let each California U.S. House district choose its own presidential elector has more voter support than opposition. See here for the details. Thanks to Jack Dean for this news.
See here for more on Sam Nunn, including his views on U.S. policy on Iraq and nuclear arms proposals. This is a link to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, written by the reporter who interviewed Nunn a few days ago. There are also audio links to the Nunn interview.
The new book “Party Affiliations in the State Legislatures 1796-2006”, by Michael J. Dubin, lists the party affiliations of each state legislative body throughout U.S. history. The book shows that since 1854 (when the Democratic and Republican Parties became the two major parties), every state except Arizona and Hawaii has had the nominees of other parties, or independent candidates, or both, represented in state legislatures. A future issue of the paper edition of Ballot Access News will carry more details.
Activists in Washington state are working to persuade the 2008 session of the legislature to ease ballot access. Here is their webpage. Washington state is the only state in the western half of the United States that has no procedure for a party to qualify itself (before it has chosen its nominees).
The August 19 edition of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution has this article, an interview of former U.S. Senator Sam Nunn. It is possible he will run for president as an independent. He is an expert on defense and foreign policy. Thanks to David Leip for this news.
