Michael Feinstein, former Mayor of Santa Monica, has this Fox & Hounds opinion piece calling on the California legislature to hold hearings on the top-two system. As the column points out, the legislature passed the measure in 2009 without holding … Continue reading
In the last few days, Jack Gargan died at the age of 88 in Thailand, where he had been living. Gargan had formed an organization called T.H.R.O. in 1990, which encouraged voters not to re-elect their member of Congress. In … Continue reading
On October 30, a New York state trial court denied the Reform Party an injunction, in the party’s lawsuit over the order of parties on the ballot in New York city. See this story. The party will appeal. The main … Continue reading
Mississippi has two U.S. Senate elections this year. The full-term race is a partisan race, but the special election for the other seat is a non-partisan race, with no party labels and no party nominees. In the special election, there … Continue reading
This year the Tennessee November ballot has 28 candidates for Governor. There is one Republican, one Democrat, and 26 with the label “independent.” This is the largest number of candidates ever printed on a U.S. general election ballot for a … Continue reading
