On March 2, New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez signed HB 138. It lets 17-year-olds vote in primaries for all office if they will be age 18 by the general election. There are now 16 states that permit this for all … Continue reading
Jim Bennett, a former Secretary of State of Alabama, has this column in the Birmingham News. The last few paragraphs seem to endorse Instant Runoff Voting, at least in primaries, so that primary run-offs can be abolished. Thanks to Rick … Continue reading
Bebe Heiskell, County Commissioner for Walker County, Georgia, will leave the Republican Party and run for re-election as an independent this year. She has been the sole commissioner for Walker County starting in 2000. See this story. Walker County is … Continue reading
Morris Fiorina, a political science professor at Stanford, says in this interview that a major party might get a presidential nominee who is better at governing, if it didn’t use presidential primaries and caucuses across the nation to choose its … Continue reading
Politico has this interactive map of the U.S. Click on any state to see the 2016 presidential primary or caucus results, for those states that have already voted. … Continue reading
