The Eleventh Circuit will hear Hall v Merrill, 16-16766, on Wednesday, December 13. This is the case over Alabama’s ballot access laws for independent candidates and newly-qualifying parties in special elections. The U.S. District Court had ruled in 2016 that … Continue reading
On October 1, Ohio Governor John Kasich said on CNN’s “State of the Union” that there may come a time when he leaves the Republican Party. See this story. … Continue reading
On October 13, a debate will be held for the special U.S. House election, 3rd district. Participating are the nominees of the Republican, Democratiac, Libertarian, and United Utah Parties. The debate will be in a school auditorium in Sandy and … Continue reading
“Count my vote”, a group that opposes convention nominations, will start to circulate an initiative petition very soon. The initiative would change the election law, to provide that party conventions would have no role in choosing party nominees. Instead, all … Continue reading
Roland McLean, a columnist for two newspapers in northwest Colorado, writes here that the U.S. needs more political parties. … Continue reading
