Connecticut State Senator, Running for Mayor of Bridgeport, Apparently Fails to Collect Enough Valid Signatures

Connecticut State Senator Marilyn Moore is running for Mayor of Bridgeport, Connecticut. The election is November 5, 2019. She wanted the Working Families Party nomination, but the Working Families Party was not ballot-qualified for that office, so she had to … Continue reading

Dan Walters, Veteran California Politics Commentator, On Recent State Appeals Court Decision on Public Funding

Dan Walters, who has been one of California’s longest-serving political reporters and commentators, here comments on last week’s State Court of Appeals decision that said the legislature acted illegally when it authorized public funding for campaigns in 2016. … Continue reading

Minnesota Democratic Party Does Not Want the State’s Two Ballot-Qualified Minor Parties to Obtain List of Presidential Primary Voters

Minnesota has four ballot-qualified parties. The two minor parties are the Legal Marijuana Now Party and the Grassroots-Legalize Marijuana Party. In Minnesota, all ballot-qualified parties nominate by primary. Minnesota generally has secret open primaries. That means primary voters choose which … Continue reading