Oliver Hall, head of the Center for Competitive Democracy, has this op-ed in the August 19 Charleston (West Virginia) Gazette, the state’s largest newspaper. It explains how minor party and independent candidates enhance U.S. elections. … Continue reading
On August 18, the South Dakota Secretary of State said that the Libertarian Party nominee for Public Service Commissioner, Ryan Gaddy, cannot have his name on the November ballot because the Secretary believes that he wasn’t registered as a Libertarian … Continue reading
Michael Peroutka, the Constitution Party’s presidential nominee in 2004, won this year’s Republican primary for a seat on the Anne Arundel County Council. This story in the Baltimore Post-Examiner, an on-line news source, explains the distress his candidacy is causing … Continue reading
On August 18, U.S. District Court Judge Lawrence Piersol granted an injunction, letting independent gubernatorial candidate Michael Myers replace the Lieutenant Governor running mate on the November 2014 ballot. Piersol is a Clinton appointee. This is the first time a … Continue reading
Ed Garvey of Madison, Wisconsin, has this op-ed in The Capital Times, arguing that Wisconsin should replace its open primary with a semi-closed or closed primary. … Continue reading
