The November 19 Durango (Colorado) Herald has this interesting article, summarizing gains in election law for minor parties and independent candidates in Colorado this year.

The article quotes Dick Wadhams, chair of the Colorado Republican Party, as saying that one of these changes injures political parties.  The truth is just the opposite.  This year, all political parties in Colorado won the right (in state court) to choose any registered voter when they replace a nominee with a new nominee.  The ruling applies to the major parties just as it applies to minor parties.  Yet Wadhams seems to think that greater freedom for political parties to choose whomever they wish is “destructive.”