Justin Alexander has this interesting analysis of the recent decision by the South Carolina Republican Party to cancel the 2020 presidential primary. It appears in Fitsnews, a South Carolina politics blog based in Columbia. As Alexander notes, the decision was … Continue reading
On September 2, the proponents of a statewide initiative in Colorado asked the Tenth Circuit to rehear Semple v Griswold, 18-1123. This is the case that challenges the Colorado requirement that a statewide initiative obtain signatures equal to 2% of … Continue reading
Political Scientist Lee Drutman here presents the evidence that “moderates” and “independents” are not the same group of people. The research is at FiveThirtyEight.com. Drutman is writing a book, not yet published, about the crisis of the two-party system in … Continue reading
On September 21, the Arizona Democratic State Committee rejected a motion to invite independents to vote in the party’s 2020 presidential primary. See this story. Democrats appear naive about the costs of the lawsuit that would have been required, if … Continue reading
On September 23, U.S. District Court Judge Leigh Martin May, an Obama appointee, upheld the Georgia petition requirement for U.S. House, for independent candidates and the nominees of parties that didn’t poll as much as 20% for president in the … Continue reading
