New York Sets Legislative Hearing for Bill to Simplify General Election Ballot

The New York Assembly Election Law Committee will hold a hearing on AB 3218 on Wednesday, March 9, at 9 a.m. The bill removes party emblems (also called logos) from the November ballot. Election officials in New York know that their state has general election ballots that are very confusing and difficult to read, but when they try to design better ballots, they are hampered by various election laws that make it difficult to design a clear ballot. One of those laws is the requirement that each candidate have a tiny party emblem next to his or …read more

An Android Phone with 6GB of RAM is Now Here…Well…Not In the USA

Here’s a “funny” fact for you: The best Android smartphones on the planet don’t really get sold in the United States. Effectively, if you’re buying your phones in the USA, you’re getting most tech companies scraps as far as devices go (or at least you’re not getting as a good of a deal as you could elsewhere).
The reason? Simple. The American economy runs almost solely off of “Intellectual Property (IP)”. Patents, copyright, and the rest. IP holds the whole damned thing up. And interestingly, a good chunk of the rest of the world doesn’t have any need for such nonsense …read more

John Kasich Pennsylvania Primary Petition Challenged; Hearing is Wednesday, March 9

According to this story, John Kasich submitted 2,184 signatures to be on the Pennsylvania Republican primary ballot, and the legal requirement is 2,000. A supporter of Marco Rubio has challenged the Kasich petition. The hearing on the challenge is set for Wednesday, March 9, at 1:30 p.m.
Also, this story says Ted Cruz’s Pennsylvania ballot position is also under challenge, both for petition validity and on presidential qualifications. The Cruz challenges will be heard Thursday, March 10. …read more

District of Columbia Court May Decide that D.C. Board of Elections is not Authorized to Function

According to this story, there is a lawsuit pending in a District of Columbia trial court that alleges the D.C. Board of Elections is improperly constituted, and therefore it is without authority to make any decisions. The lawsuit was started by opponents of an initiative. The opponents say the initiative should not be on the ballot because the Board was without authority to clear the initiative for circulation. …read more