According to this Washington Post story, a group appointed by the Republican National Committee is meeting to write new rules for the party’s presidential contest. The group will probably pass a new rule, penalizing Republican presidential candidates who campaign in … Continue reading
Richard Winger
California election officials send an “Official Voter Information Guide” to each registered voter in California. The pamphlet contains statements by candidates for statewide office, and also has a page which lists which statewide candidates have been endorsed by which parties. … Continue reading
On April 25, the Institute of Governmental Studies on the University of California Berkeley campus hosted a four-hour forum on California’s top-two system. Here is a San Francisco Chronicle story about the event. The reporter who wrote the story, Carla … Continue reading
Here are the preliminary primary election returns from North Carolina, for all three qualified parties. The Libertarian results for the U.S. Senate race are, so far: Sean Haugh 1,213; Tim D’Annunzio 784. Haugh is a long-time activist in the party. … Continue reading
On May 6, the Ninth Circuit issued a six-page opinion in Lindsay v Bowen, 13-15085, that manages to obscure, rather than illuminate, the issue of when and how a state election official can determine the constitutional eligibility of presidential candidates. … Continue reading