On April 15, Maine Governor Paul LePage signed LD 1673, which provides for a presidential primary in the future. For 2016 and recent past presidential elections, Maine has used caucuses instead of presidential primaries. The bill also requires a study … Continue reading
Colorado legislative leaders are about to introduce a bill for a Colorado presidential primary. Currently, there is no Colorado presidential primary; the major parties use caucuses to choose delegates to the national conventions. According to this story, the bill will … Continue reading
Patty Culhane, White House correspondent for Al Jazeera, has this story about the recent Constitution Party national convention. Thanks to Jack Dean for the link. … Continue reading
The Wall Street Journal has this article by Karl Rove, which is on the subject of whether Donald Trump could get on ballots as an independent if he waited until the Republican convention to begin. The article has many factual … Continue reading
On April 19, Manitoba held a legislative election. See the wikipedia page about that election here. Three parties won seats: Progressive Conservative 40, New Democratic 14, Liberal 3. Three other parties participated but did not win any seats. … Continue reading
