The April 1 (Sunday) New York Times Book Review section has a review of Brian Doherty’s 700-page “Radicals for Capitalism”. The book is about the entire libertarian movement, including the Libertarian Party. The book was pubished in February 2007. Thanks to Darcy Richardson for this news.

An earlier posting said that the chair of the Texas House Elections Committee had refused to schedule a hearing on HB 2280, the bill to eliminate the “primary screen-out”. Happily, he has changed his mind, and set a hearing for Wednesday, April 4. “Primary screen-out” means making it illegal for a primary voter to sign a petition for an independent candidate or a new party.

On March 30, Colorado SB 83 passed the Senate on 2nd reading. It is expected to pass on third reading on April 2. It permits any adult citizen to circulate any type of petition (except that primary petitions would still need to be circulated by party members). Current law does not permit anyone to circulate a petition unless the circulator lives in the district.

The bill also lets qualified minor parties nominate anyone they wish (if the candidate meets the Constitutional qualifications for the office, of course). Current law doesn’t permit qualified minor parties to nominate someone who has been a member of another party during the past year. This is discriminatory, since qualified major parties are not subject to the restriction.

The bill has been amended to include other election law matters. For example, it permits parolees to register to vote.