Mississippi ballots have always contained write-in space, but the state has a unique law that says write-ins can not be counted unless one of the candidates whose name is printed on the ballot has died after the ballots were printed, … Continue reading
The Boston Globe has this interesting story about Vermont’s independent U.S. Senator, Bernie Sanders. One of the interesting tidbits in the story is that Senator Sanders’ older brother, Larry Sanders, is an elected Green Party county councillor in Oxford, England. … Continue reading
On January 1, “Third Party and Independent Daily” was launched. See it here. We seem to be at a moment in time when interest in independent candidates and minor parties is growing. The new blog is one sign of that. … Continue reading
The Kentucky Senate State and Local Government Committee holds a hearing on Wednesday, January 13, on SB 53. The bill requires political parties that hold primaries to let independent voters vote in those primaries. In Kentucky, only parties that polled … Continue reading
Gregg Jocoy has this eye-witness account of the oral argument in the South Carolina Supreme Court in the Green Party’s ballot access case. It is posted at Green Party Watch. … Continue reading
