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The Reform Party of New York has been ballot-qualified since November 2014. In 2016 a dispute began over the true party officers. On May 31, though, the faction that had lost in the lower court withdrew its appeal. As a … Continue reading
Richard Winger
On June 1, California Governor Jerry Brown announced 21 Superior Court judicial appointments. His press release contains the party affiliation of each of his appointees. See the list here. If one scrolls down to Inyo County (the counties are in … Continue reading
New Mexico Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver here advocates that New Mexico switch to a semi-closed primary. Currently New Mexico has closed primaries. Her piece does not use the term “semi-closed”, but if one reads her op-ed, that is … Continue reading
Dan Balz has been a politics analyst and reporter for the Washington Post since 1978. He has also written several best-selling books about U.S. politics and campaigns, and he has received an award from the American Political Science Association for … Continue reading
In 2015, the Washington, D.C. city council amended election regulation 3-1600 to provide that if a qualified party doesn’t nominate anyone for a particular partisan office in its primary, that party is still free to nominate someone after the primary … Continue reading