Current North Carolina law says the presidential primary should be the Tuesday following South Carolina’s presidential primary. However, in 2016, the South Carolina Republican primary will be February 20, and the Democratic presidential primary will be February 27. The North … Continue reading
North Carolina HB 509, the bill to ease ballot access for newly-qualifying parties and independent candidates, has 28 sponsors. This link lists them. They include nine Republicans, eighteen Democrats, and the one independent in the House. The House has 120 … Continue reading
Canada will hold a Parliamentary election on October 19, 2015. This story says the leader of the Liberal Party favors letting the Green Party into this year’s debates. The leaders of the other two major parties have not yet expressed … Continue reading
This article describes a talk given by Greg Orman recently on his experience running as an independent for U.S. Senate in Kansas last year. … Continue reading
On April 8, the Third Circuit issued this 13-page opinion in Balsam v Guadagno, 14-3882. Plaintiffs are New Jersey voters who argued that the state’s closed primary system is unconstitutional and should be abolished. Some of the voters are registered … Continue reading
