January 26 is the deadline for presidential primary candidates to file petitions in Indiana. Indiana requires 4,500 signatures. Eleven Republicans and four Democrats filed petitions. The signatures will now be checked. The four Democrats are: Clinton, De La Fuente, O’Malley, … Continue reading
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Daily Kos has this commentary on the new Arizona initiative for a top-two system. The story says that John Arnold, who pumped a great deal of money into the 2014 Oregon initiative for top-two, is also funding the 2016 Arizona … Continue reading
Charles Wheelan, founder of the Centrist Project, writes here in U.S. News that the U.S. needs a multi-party system. The article is focused on Michael Bloomberg, and Wheelan makes his larger point toward the end of the article. … Continue reading
An earlier blog post said that the California Green Party had asked the Secretary of State to list five candidates on its presidential primary ballot. That was mistaken. The California Green Party won’t decide that until January 31.
On January 26, U.S. District Court Yvette Kane will hear Benezet Consulting v Cortes, m.d., 1:16cv-74. The hearing is at 9:30 a.m. in Harrisburg. The issues are whether the Pennsylvania ballot access laws that were struck down last year for … Continue reading