New York state has a unique law, which gives political party officials the power to determine if a non-member of the party should be permitted to run in that party’s primary. New York State Senator Malcolm Smith, a Democrat, is … Continue reading
A bipartisan group of Maine legislators has introduced LD 1309, to increase the amount of public funding for qualifying candidates for state office. See this story. … Continue reading
The California Independent Voters Network has this article by Edward Bonnette, explaining the difference between open primaries and top-two primaries. CAIVN carries articles of varying viewpoints, but for the most part it is a site run by supporters of top-two … Continue reading
At the November 2012 election, Constitution Party presidential candidate Virgil Goode received 419 write-ins for President in Pennsylvania. This information is from the official county election returns that were submitted to the Secretary of State. Because state employees did not … Continue reading
Tennessee State Senator Frank Niceley won’t seek to advance his SB 471. See this story. SB 471 is the bill to let state legislators, instead of primary voters, nominate their party’s U.S. Senate nominees. … Continue reading
