On June 11, five candidates who were excluded from the South Carolina major party primaries filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court, asking for an injunction to stop the major party primaries. The primary date is June 12. See this … Continue reading
Filing for the Florida primary closed on June 8. The ballot-qualified Tea Party, which had eighteen candidates on the ballot in 2010 for federal and state office, has no candidates for partisan office this year. In this year’s U.S. House … Continue reading
Daily Kos has this interesting and fair article about California’s election system. Equally interesting are the comments. … Continue reading
Sometimes supporters of top-two open primary systems say that their system eliminates “spoiling”, i.e., the so-called tendency of minor party candidates in a race to alter the identity of the winner. But, that argument is faulty. This is clearly illustrated … Continue reading
The Michigan Libertarian Party has issued this press release, condemning Secretary of State Ruth Johnson, a Republican, for her decision that she will not allow the Libertarian Party (which is ballot-qualified) to list its presidential nominee on the 2012 ballot. … Continue reading
