Shortly, the University of South Carolina will publish “Challengers to Duopoly: Why Third Parties Matter in American Two-Party Politics”, by Political Science and History Professor J. David Gillespie. The book has already received attention from political scientists. The American Political … Continue reading
The July 3 Salt Lake Tribune has this story, which mentions that Utah State Representative John Dougall says he favors requiring parties to pay for their own nomination process. Dougall has been in the legislature since 2002 and is a … Continue reading
The July 3 Arizona Republic has this story about the fate of public funding in Arizona, after part of the program was declared unconstitutional last week. … Continue reading
In Illinois, it is common for many small cities to have partisan elections, which are contested only by local political parties. Lyons, Illinois, in Cook County, has partisan elections for its own officers in odd year. At the April 2011 … Continue reading
On July 1, Louisiana Goveror Bobby Jindal vetoed HB 533, an omnibus election law bill, entirely because one small part of the bill lets independent candidates have “independent” as their ballot label. See this story, which contains the Governor’s veto … Continue reading
