On October 24, the Arkansas Libertarian Party, the only ballot-qualified party other than the Democratic and Republican Parties, held a nominating convention in North Little Rock. The party nominated candidates for U.S. Senate, all four U.S. House seats, ten legislative … Continue reading
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Louisiana held its election for all statewide offices on Saturday, October 24. The two independents in the State House were re-elected. Jerome “Dee” Richard of the 55th district was re-elected unanimously because no one filed against him. Terry Brown of … Continue reading
Cracked.com, a ten-year-old comedy blog with a large readership, has this article about some deficiencies in U.S. election laws. The article includes ballot access laws, and specifically attacks Georgia. The article also illustrates bad examples of gerrymandering. The information about … Continue reading
Tom Campbell has this op-ed in the Orange County Register, suggesting that the new lawsuit against the Commission on Presidential Debates, which depends on antitrust law, has merit. Campbell was once director of the antitrust arm of the Federal Trade … Continue reading
Douglas E. Goodman, a Nevadan who is an advocate of election reform, favors eliminating the primary and simply holding a general election. The general election would use Instant Runoff Voting. Parties would be given the choice to either nominate someone … Continue reading
The United Independent Party of Massachusetts now has 15,083 registered members. As of September 9, 2015, it had 11,213. It is trying to get 40,000 registered members by November 2016, so that it will remain ballot-qualified for 2018. However, if … Continue reading