Tennessee held its partisan primaries for state and federal office on Thursday, August 7. In primaries, Tennessee prints candidates’ names on the ballot in alphabetical order. According to this story, and many others, the winner of the Democratic gubernatorial primary … Continue reading
For the first time since 1916, every statewide South Dakota state office has a minor party or independent candidate on the general election ballot. See this newspaper story, which focuses on the Libertarian Party statewide nominating convention and, at the … Continue reading
On August 7, California AB 2233 passed the State Senate, so it is now through the legislature and on its way to Governor Jerry Brown. It lowers the number of signatures in lieu of filing fee in special elections, on … Continue reading
On August 8, the Republican Party officially determined that the 2016 national convention will be in Cleveland, but whether the convention starts in late June or early July is still unknown. See this story. Thanks to Thomas Jones for the … Continue reading
This Star-Ledger article, from Newark’s daily newspaper, explains how state election officials plan to side-step the law that says parties with a poor primary turnout lose their headings on party columns on general election ballots. … Continue reading
