On December 2, the Alaska Republican State Committee voted to ask the Elections Division to bar three incumbent Republican state house members from filing in the 2018 Republican primary. The three incumbents voted in early 2017 to organize the House … Continue reading
Texas requires parties that are not on the ballot, but which hope to petition to get onto the ballot, to inform the Secretary of State, no later than January 2 of any election year. This law is perhaps unconstitutional, but … Continue reading
On December 5, news sources are reporting that Congressman John Conyers will resign on December 5. He represents the 13th U.S. House district in Michigan. In 1985, 1987, and 1989, he introduced bills to outlaw restrictive ballot access laws in … Continue reading
In 2016, the national Democratic Party set up a “Unity Reform Commission”, which is tasked with making suggested changes to future presidential nomination rules for the party. The Unity Reform Commission is instructed to issue its ideas before January 1, … Continue reading
On December 3, 2017, John B. Anderson died. He was a member of Congress from 1960 to 1980. In 1980 he sought the Republican presidential nomination, but on April 24, 1980, realizing that Ronald Reagan was certain to become the … Continue reading
