Professor Keith Smith has written an article, “Proposition 14 and California’s Minor Parties: A Case Study of Electoral Reform and Party Response.” It will be published in the California Journal of Politics and Policy. This is a welcome development. Over a dozen political scientists have studied the effect of Proposition 14, but only Professor Smith has studies its impact on minor parties.

It is not possible to read his article on-line, at least at this time. However, it is possible to see an exchange of blog posts about the article. Both blog posts are in “Mischiefs of Faction”, a political science blog about political parties. Here is initial commentary about the Smith article by Seth Masket, which includes a link to an Abstract of the article. Here is a guest post from Richard Winger.