Ohio held its primary for all office on March 6. It is the earliest congressional primary for any state, in 2012. Some Libertarian and Green Party congressional candidates were on their own party’s primary ballot for various U.S. House seats. … Continue reading
Apparently, only 270,000 Virginia voters cast a vote in today’s presidential primary. Choices were limited to Ron Paul and Mitt Romney; write-ins weren’t allowed. In 2008, the number of votes cast in Virginia presidential primaries was: Republican 489,252; Democratic 986,203. … Continue reading
According to this story, Arthur Jones, who is on the ballot in the Illinois Republican primary for Congress in the 3rd district, is a former National Socialist White People’s Party activist. That is one of the U.S. groups that generally … Continue reading
On June 6, the Virginia legislature passed HB 736, which moves the non-presidential 2012 primary from June to August. That automatically moves the petition deadline for independent candidates for Congress and local office, and the nominees of unqualified parties for … Continue reading
Joe Mathews, a California journalist and author, and one of the nation’s leading proponents of Proportional Representation, has this column in Fox & Hounds, suggesting to California Republicans that they advocate proportional representation. As he correctly notes, Republican candidates for … Continue reading
