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In June, the New Jersey legislature passed AB 4613, which lets any voter cast a vote during the weeks before election day, provides for automatic registration for people who apply for drivers licenses unless they opt out, and makes it possible for 17-year-olds to pre-register.
New Jersey gives Governors a long period in which to decide whether to sign, veto, or amend bills. Governor Chris Christie must decide whether to approve this bill by August 13, if the legislature is in session that day. But if the legislature is not in session that day, he can wait until it …read more

Myton, UT — Early one morning in July 2014, a woman in Myton, Utah was startled awake by an uninvited visitor named Thomas Wade Butterfield.
“I’m a cop,” Butterfield explained to the intimidated woman when she asked how he had gotten into her bedroom. “They teach us how to do those things.”
When the woman moved into the living room, Butterfield followed her, placing his hand on her leg in a gesture at once proprietary and predatory. The unexpected arrival of the woman’s father prevented what likely would have been a sexual assault – and Butterfield’s firing as the tiny town’s police …read more

Indiana cities elect officers in partisan elections on November 3, 2015. In Anderson, the Republican Party county chair has filed a challenge to the Libertarian slate. The challenge says the Libertarian Party didn’t have a valid nominating convention. See this story.
The Libertarian Party in Indiana nominates all its candidates by convention. The state law says primaries are reserved for qualified parties that polled 10% in the last election for Secretary of State.
In 2004, Ralph Nader was nominated for President by the Reform Party in a national convention conducted by conference call. Nader’s ballot position as …read more

The Lancaster, Pennsylvania daily newspaper has this op-ed by local attorney Mitchell Sommers. Sommers praises the July 26, 2015 court ruling that struck down Pennsylvania rules for checking signatures. He urges the state not to appeal. The Lancaster daily newspaper was formerly called the Intelligencer Journal, but now it is just LNP. …read more

Rohnert Park, CA — In a video that is sure to spark outrage across the country, a Rohnert Park police officer was caught on film stalking a man for filming.
As if the harassment and intimidation for simply recording a police officer from his own property weren’t enough, this cop went so far as to exit his vehicle and pull his gun on a man who was simply practicing his freedom of speech.
The incident began as Don McComas was loading up his boat for a day on the water when he noticed a Rohnert Park police cruiser stopped in front of …read more

On August 3, Mark Everson filed a formal Complaint with the Federal Election Commission, asking that the FEC rule that Fox News is violating federal regulations by excluding him from the second-tier Republican presidential debate set for August 6. Everson was the IRS Commissioner between 2003 and 2007, and also served in high federal executive office during the Reagan administration. He has been campaigning for the Republican presidential nomination since March 2015. He is one of the 18 candidates listed in the Republican National Committee’s straw poll. Yet he is the only one of the 18 …read more

MEDIA ALERT: Today, tomorrow, and Thursday Jim Babka guest-hosts a radio talk-show. See details below today’s Action Item…

Did you know Congressional leaders arrange to pass bills during vacations when most members aren’t present? #tlot Retweet

Wait, did you read that right? Yes, the leadership schedules votes when members have hit the road!

Are you fed up? I am. That’s why…

I sent this letter demanding Congress pass DownsizeDC.org’s “Read the Bills Act.”
I DO NOT CONSENT when Congressional “leadership” tries to pass bills during member vacations…
* Last December, Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky had to sprint 500 yards to the Capitol to object to …read more

When cops kill people and aren’t indicted for their murderous actions, the public is often left wondering how in the world this could happen. Well, after meeting “Dr.” William J. Lewinski, the self-proclaimed “expert” in the field of police shootings, you will have a clearer picture of why killer cops get off scot free, most of the time.
After receiving his mail order doctorate from the Union for Experimenting Colleges and Universities, Lewinski opened his company called the Force Science Institute Ltd. He then began travelling around the country giving training seminars to police departments. According to the NY, the “training” …read more

Mustang, OK — Since its founding in 2009, the American nonprofit group, known as the Oath Keepers, have primarily dedicated their mission to upholding the Constitution rights of US citizens.
Much of the work done by this organization has been beneficial to the preservation and advancement of freedom and liberty. However, on Sunday, an Oath Keeper meeting in Mustang, Oklahoma would show just how far off course this organization has gone.
Oath Keeper member and Canadian County Sheriff, Randall Edwards, showed that the ‘oath’ he took to protect the Constitution, apparently lacked the First Amendment. During the group’s four hour-long meeting at …read more

Marina Dimitrijevic, a member of the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors (a non-partisan elected body) is the new State Director of the Working Families Party. See this story. …read more