The Maine Green Party (whose name is the Green Independent Party) has voted to allow independent voters to vote in its primaries, and they need not join the Green Party. See this story. The two major parties in Maine also … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: August 2015
Huffington Post here reports that persons close to Donald Trump have told leading Republicans that Trump will remain loyal to the Republican Party and will not run for President other than as a Republican. Thanks to PoliticalWire for the link. … Continue reading
Frontloading HQ has this interesting blog post about the failure, so far, of the North Carolina House to vote on HB 373. This is the bill that moves the North Carolina presidential primary from February to March. If no such … Continue reading
This interesting article at U.S. Politics blog explains the law on which presidential candidates get Secret Service protection. It is significant that the candidate must be seeking the nomination of a party that got at least 10% of the vote … Continue reading
The Institute of Governmental Studies has an all-day symposium on Wednesday, September 2, at 109 Moses Hall on the campus of the University of California at Berkeley. Here is the schedule. Note especially the 2 p.m. panel on third political … Continue reading