Mississippi holds all its regularly-scheduled elections for state office in November of the odd year before presidential election years. According to this story, the Reform Party and the Libertarian Party have a few candidates, along with many Democratic and Republican … Continue reading
Here is the Montana Republican Party’s brief in Ravalli County Republican Central Committee v McCulloch, now pending in the Ninth Circuit. The issue is whether the state can force the Republican Party to choose its precinct committee officers in a … Continue reading
On March 3, the Idaho Senate passed SB 1066, which gives Idaho a presidential primary on the 2nd Tuesday of March. The bill retains the existing May primary date for office other than President. Thanks to Josh Putnam for this … Continue reading
James J. Ryan has this article, advocating proportional representation, at the Independent Voters Network blog. IVN was founded by proponents of the top-two idea, but it has been branching out this year and carrying articles about other election systems. Thanks … Continue reading
USA Today has this op-ed, authored by six 2014 congressional candidates, all of whom are ages 18-29. The op-ed points out that only 18% of that age group believe that electoral activism is worthwhile. The op-ed also points out that … Continue reading
