On June 3, the Massachusetts Joint Committee on Election Laws held a hearing on three bills to make it more difficult for initiatives to get on the ballot. As it usual in Massachusetts, the committee did not take any action … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: June 2009
On June 4, Maine LD 1041 made some headway. The House passed it on First Reading on Consent. LD 1041 changes the way a party remains on the ballot. Existing law requires it to poll 5% for the office at … Continue reading
Thanks to Green Party Watch for this link to an in-depth article about the Maine Green Party in DownEast.com, a well-known magazine that covers Maine. The Green Party in Maine is the nation’s strongest state unit of any nationally-organized minor … Continue reading
The June 3 issue of the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Post-Gazette has this article about new revelations in the ongoing investigation of “bonusgate”. That is the common Pennsylvania term for the 2004-2006 incidents in which state employees, on state time, did political … Continue reading
The June 3 issue of the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Post-Gazette has this article about new revelations in the ongoing investigation of “bonusgate”. That is the common Pennsylvania term for the 2004-2006 incidents in which state employees, on state time, did political … Continue reading
On June 3, the Maine House defeated LD 144, the bill that would have reduced the number of state representatives from 151 to 131. UPDATE: because the Senate had passed this bill on June 2, the bill could still conceivably … Continue reading