On September 26, New Jersey bill A3777 was signed into law. It moves the presidential primary from February to June. The bill has no effect on petition deadlines for minor party or independent candidates. Thanks to Frontloading HQ for this … Continue reading
On Friday, September 23, a jury was finally chosen in the case known as People v Haggerty, the case involving the 2009 election for Mayor of New York city. See this story. Mayor Bloomberg contributed more than $1,000,000 to the … Continue reading
The Tampa Tribune has published this editorial, condemning the part of Florida’s new election law that makes it impossible for political parties to nominate someone who was a member of another party at any time during the year preceding the … Continue reading
Matt Miller, regular columnist for the Washington Post, has published this column, “Why We Need a Third Party.” The column has a link, toward the end, to a lengthy additional commentary on what the new party should advocate. … Continue reading
Pollster Stanley B. Greenberg has this interview in New York Magazine. He says poll data shows that independent voters “are a hodgepodge”; they are not a monolithic group of moderates. On the other hand, he then proceeds to characterize them, … Continue reading
