The January 29 edition of the Arkansas Times has this intriguing story about Richard Carroll, the Green Party’s only current state legislator. He works the night shift at his locomotive repair job, so that he can attend the legislative session … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: January 2009
The January 30 issue of the Concordian, student newspaper for Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota, has this op-ed in favor of Instant Runoff Voting for Minnesota. Thanks to Bill Van Allen for the link. … Continue reading
The Christian Science Monitor has this op-ed in its January 30 edition. It advocates that the voters of the United States directly elect the Attorney General. … Continue reading
Arkansas Senator Steve Faris (D-Malvern) has introduced SB 253, to move the primary (for president and all other office) to the 2nd Tuesday in August. Currently the presidential primary is in February and the primary for other office is in … Continue reading
On January 29, U.S. District Court Judge Morrison England refused to issue an injunction against a California law that requires disclosure of the names and addresses of small donors to initiative campaigns. ProtectMarriage.com v Bowen, no. 2:09-cv-58, e.d. The case … Continue reading
Congressman Dana Rohrbacher introduced HR 665 on January 23. Read the bill by going to http://thomas.loc.gov and inputting the bill number. It provides that for presidential and congressional elections, the District of Columbia should be treated as though it were … Continue reading