On July 20, the North Carolina Senate Redistricting Committee passed HB 373. This is the bill that moves the 2016 North Carolina presidential primary from February to March 15. The bill has no impact on the primary for other office, which would continue to be in early May. Thanks to Josh Putnam for the news. …read more
A recent Los Angeles School Board runoff election in one district had an usual feature: a private group had said every voter who voted in that particular race would have his or her name entered into a lottery, and the winner would get $25,000. This Los Angeles Times story describes the event. The initial winner is a woman who declined the money, so the lottery organizers then drew a second name. Thanks to Rick Hasen for the link. …read more
We are excited to announce that users can now place market orders on Coinbase Exchange.
Market orders provide a fast and convenient way to trade on Coinbase Exchange. In contrast to limit orders, which are filled based on a desired price or not at all, market orders are filled immediately at the best available price.
It’s easy to place a market order:
Select ‘Buy’ or ‘Sell’ on the order ticket
Select ‘Market’
Enter the amount you would like to transact
Click the ‘Place order’ button to confirm your order
We’re working hard to make Coinbase Exchange the best place to trade bitcoin. If there is …read more
Delavan, Illinois – This week, Tim McGraw, CEO of the marijuana firm Revolution Enterprises, paid for hotel rooms to house the victims of a tornado that passed through Illinois.
The tornado damaged over 50 homes, with nearly a dozen completely destroyed, according to the town’s mayor Liz Skinner. Luckily, no one was killed in the tornado, which reached speeds of over 120 miles per hour and traveled over a mile through the town, causing millions of dollars in damage.
Revolution Enterprises was recently established in Delavan, and has not even had the opportunity to open yet. The business just started growing plants …read more
Soap Lake, WA — Gavin Seim is no stranger to calling out government for violating the law. Seim is a liberty activist, speaker and former US Congressional challenger from Washington state. He is a devoted activist who is not afraid to go toe to toe with would-be tyrants.
Seim has made it his mission to expose police in Washington who are violating the law by impersonating citizens. The Washington State Law, states that it is unlawful for police officers to drive unmarked vehicles.
There are a few exemptions but they are for State police only and they do not apply to patrol …read more
The Arkansas Green Party recently submitted 1,600 signatures to be on the Arkansas ballot for President in 2016. The law requires 1,000 for that purpose. …read more
The United Independent Party is a ballot-qualified party in Massachusetts. However, Massachusetts requires every qualified party to do one of two things to remain ballot-qualified: (1) poll 3% for any statewide race; (2) have registration equal to 1% of the state total.
The United Independent Party, formed in 2014, does not expect to have a presidential nominee in 2016. It is only interested in Massachusetts state government issues. And in 2016, there are no other statewide races on the ballot in Massachusetts. Therefore, the party will lose its status unless it can get its registration up …read more
After what the Washington Post reports as “nearly two years of intense, and largely secret, negotiations,” a deal from the P5+1 was reached last week. Congress now has 60 days …
On July 17, History professor Allen Lichtman testified in the ongoing North Carolina trial over changes to laws that affect voting. He testified that the legislators who voted for the bill intended to reduce the participation of Black voters. See this story.
Lichtman has testified in election lawsuits in the past. In 1991 he testified in favor of the New Alliance Party, in its lawsuit against the April petition deadline for new parties in Alabama. In 2004, he testified against Ralph Nader and the Reform Party in the lawsuit over whether Nader should be on the Florida …read more
The Longmont, Colorado Times-Call has this op-ed in favor of the National Popular Vote Plan. Colorado has not passed the plan. The op-ed, by Brian Litwin, contains an inaccurate statement. The op-ed says the electoral college was created to preserve the interests of the small-population states. Actually, historians of the Constitutional Convention have demonstrated that the concerns of low-population states were ameliorated by the provision of the Constitution giving each state two U.S. Senators. The purpose of the electoral college was to ameliorate the concerns of the slave states, most of which had very limited …read more
