David P. Redlawsk, a Political Science professor at Rutgers, has this op-ed in the Newark Star-Ledger, analyzing why New Jersey independent gubernatorial candidate Chris Daggett only got 5.7% of the vote when polls close to the election had him at 20%....
The Connecticut Post has this editorial, praising Governor Jodi Rell for asking the legislature to remove the discriminatory parts of the public funding law. The legislature is coming back on December 15, and the Governor has asked that the...
Activists have located state legislators in three state recently, who will introduce bills to improve ballot access laws. In Maryland, a sponsor has been found who will introduce a bill to clarify that signatures on petitions need not be an exact...
On November 30, New Jersey Assembly Majority Whip John F. McKeon (D-West Orange) introduced A4271, a bill to provide that when a governor appoints a U.S. Senator to fill a vacancy, the governor must appoint someone who has been a member of the same...
In 2006, South Dakota had an initiative on the ballot to ban virtually all abortions. An anonymous donor had contributed $750,000 to get the initiative on the ballot and to carry on the campaign for it. The measure lost, 46% to 54%. Also in 2006,...
