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The Portland Press Herald has this editorial, suggesting that the city should try Instant Runoff Voting for its own city elections. Thanks to Thomas MacMillan for the link. … Continue reading
Richard Winger
The ballot-qualified Moderate Party of Rhode Island has announced that it will fill most, if not all, of the statewide state ticket. See this story. Thanks to Nancy Hanks for the link. The Moderate Party is also hoping to get … Continue reading
According to this news story in the Arizona Daily Star, Republican Party leaders in the state have already decided to try to change the rules, so as to make it possible for the party to exclude independent voters from voting … Continue reading
On February 5, Colorado Representative Kathleen Curry introduced HB 1271, which relaxes the prior affiliation rules for all candidates. Current Colorado law says no one may be a petitioning candidate in the November election if that person was a member … Continue reading
Ohio has six ballot-qualified parties this year, all of whom have their own primary. The Columbus Dispatch says that one candidate for U.S. Senate filed in the primaries of each of these three qualified minor parties: Constitution (Eric W. Deaton), … Continue reading