Twelve independent candidates were elected to state legislatures on November 8, 2016. Seven were in Vermont, two were in Alaska, two were in Maine, and one was in Rhode Island. By contrast, in November 2014, fourteen independents had been elected … Continue reading
In the November 2016, only four parties (other than the Democratic and Republican Parties) had legislative nominees on the ballot in more than a single state. Libertarians for State Senate polled 549,605 votes in 2016, compared with the 2014 State … Continue reading
Virginia State Senator Nicholas Cote (D-Alexandria) has introduced SB 1236, which cuts the statewide petition requirement from 10,000 to 5,000, for independent candidates and for the nominees of unqualified parties. President is already 5,000, but all the other statewide offices … Continue reading
This Vanity Fair article by Nick Bilton suggests clues that Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook, wants to run for President some day. It also suggests that he would be capable. The article does not give any hint as to Zuckerberg’s … Continue reading
New York has five ballot-qualified parties which typically do not run their own nominees, but who cross-nominate a Democrat or a Republican. They are the Conservative Party (ballot-qualified since 1962); the Independence Party (ballot-qualified since 1994); the Working Families Party … Continue reading
