On October 26, U.S. District Court Judge Catherine C. Eagles, an Obama appointee, refused to dismiss the U.S. Justice Department’s lawsuit against John Edwards. See this story. The ruling was oral, and the judge has not issued a written opinion … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: October 2011
New Mexico is one of the thirteen states that gives state income taxpayers an opportunity to send a donation to a qualified political party, via the state income tax form. Except for Ohio, all these thirteen states list the qualified … Continue reading
Seoul, capital and largest city in the Republic of Korea, held a Mayoral election on October 26. The election was won by Park Won-soon, an independent candidate. He is the first independent ever elected to this position since Seoul has … Continue reading
Doyle McManus has this fairly lengthy op-ed about Americans Elect in the Los Angeles Times. Although there is not a great deal of new information in the piece, it does have a more expanded list of potential presidential candidates that … Continue reading
On October 26, an Arizona Superior Court ruled that a ballot measure that would de-fund public funding should not appear on the ballot next year. The legislature had placed it on the ballot. It was removed from the ballot because … Continue reading
On October 25, the Arizona Supreme Court said it will hear State of Arizona v City of Tucson, cv-11-0150. This is the case on whether Tucson may decide for itself whether to use partisan elections for its own city offices, … Continue reading