Michael Toner, chair of the Federal Election Commission, appeared for an hour on C-SPAN on August 30, answering questions from viewers. A viewer from Lamar, Missouri, asked Toner about the treatment of minor party and independent presidential candidates. In response, … Continue reading
The three nationally-organized minor parties that always run the most candidates have fewer candidates for US House on the ballot this year than they did in 2004. The Libertarian Party has 114; in 2004 it had 144. The Green Party … Continue reading
Thirty-three states will hold U.S. Senate elections this November. All will have minor party or independent candidates on the ballot, except Massachusetts, Nebraska, Ohio, Rhode Island, and Wyoming; and whether there is a third choice in New Mexico and Pennsylvania … Continue reading
A neutral poll released on September 4 for Governor of Illinois shows these results: Democratic 47%, Republican 39%, Green 2%, undecided 12%. This is the first poll to include the Green Party candidate, Richard Whitney. If Whitney does receive 2% … Continue reading
On September 1, Warren Mitofsky died, in New York city, at the age of either 71 or 72. In 1967, while he was working for CBS News, he conceived of the idea of hiring vast numbers of individuals to station … Continue reading
