In 2015, Jane Miller, a former Republican nominee for public office and a registered Republican, was expelled from the Republican Party. She therefore was unable to vote in the closed Republican presidential primary in early 2016. She filed a federal … Continue reading
Maine LD 1571 makes moderate improvements in ballot access for newly-qualifying parties. It says that the deadline for a group to obtain 5,000 registered members is January of the election year, rather than December of the year before the election. … Continue reading
Political scientists Eric McGhee and Boris Shor have published “Has the Top Two Primary Elected More Moderates?” Anyone may read the 36-page paper at this link. The authors studied California and Washington, which are the only two states that use … Continue reading
On June 22, California Republican Assemblymember Travis Allen announced that he will run for Governor in 2018. Another Republican, John Cox, had already announced for Governor. See this story. The Allen candidacy increases the odds that the June 2018 primary … Continue reading
South Dakota supporters of top-two systems will try to qualify an initiative in 2018 for their system. See this story. The story is erroneous when it says that Louisiana has a top-two system. Louisiana had a top-two system from 1975 … Continue reading
