The Oklahoma Democratic Party has formally notified the State Elections Board that independents can vote in its presidential primary and also the primary for other office. See this story. The party actually made this decision on July 25, 2015, but … Continue reading
Richard Winger
Most states don’t care how early an independent presidential candidate begins to circulate a petition. But some states do set a start date. These are believed to be the start dates for independent presidential petitioning: California, April 29, 2016 Connecticut, … Continue reading
Presidential Debate News here nicely summarizes all the recent news and commentary on whether polls should continue to be used to determine who is invited to debate. … Continue reading
Democratic presidential candidates debated each other on Saturday, November 14. According to this story, only 8,500,000 people watched. By contrast, the first two Republican debates had 20,000,000 viewers, and the third and fourth Republican debates had 13,000,000 viewers. This suggests … Continue reading
On November 13 and 14, the Florida Republican Party held a fund-raising event in Orlando. Earlier the party had passed rules saying only presidential candidates who appeared could be on the presidential primary ballot automatically. Those who did not appear … Continue reading
Lee E. Goodman, one of the six Federal Election Commissioners, has this op-ed in support of a proposed FEC rule change that would relax campaign finance restrictions on state political parties. The op-ed says the Commission will be voting on … Continue reading