This story says an unusually large number of independent candidates are running for the Alaska legislature in 2016. Furthermore, the filing deadline for independents is not until August, so there may be more later. … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: June 2016
The Oregon Working Families Party will go off the ballot in August 2016 unless it increases its registration by approximately 1,200 members. The party is working to accomplish that goal. See this story. … Continue reading
On June 3, the California Secretary of State released new registration data. Compared to the previous tally, the April 8 tally, all the parties except the Democratic Party declined, on a percentage basis. The percentage of no party preference voters … Continue reading
According to this story, the ballot-qualified Independent Party of Delaware recently endorsed Donald Trump for President. Delaware permitted fusion until a few years ago. If Delaware hadn’t recently banned fusion, and if Donald Trump and the Republican presidential elector candidates … Continue reading
Bloomberg has this essay by Jonathan Bernstein about California’s top-two system. Thanks to Rick Hasen for the link. … Continue reading