On August 14, U.S. District Court Judge Stanley R. Chesler upheld New Jersey’s closed primary system, in Balsam v Guadagno, 14-1388. Here is the twelve-page decision. The decision came down only one day after plaintiffs’ last brief had been filed. … Continue reading
The August 19 Washington Post has this op-ed, advocating proportional representation, at least in the large and medium-size states, for the U.S. House of Representatives. The op-ed is by Katrina vanden Heuvel, editor and publisher of The Nation. Thanks to … Continue reading
Oliver Hall, head of the Center for Competitive Democracy, has this op-ed in the August 19 Charleston (West Virginia) Gazette, the state’s largest newspaper. It explains how minor party and independent candidates enhance U.S. elections. … Continue reading
On August 18, the South Dakota Secretary of State said that the Libertarian Party nominee for Public Service Commissioner, Ryan Gaddy, cannot have his name on the November ballot because the Secretary believes that he wasn’t registered as a Libertarian … Continue reading
Michael Peroutka, the Constitution Party’s presidential nominee in 2004, won this year’s Republican primary for a seat on the Anne Arundel County Council. This story in the Baltimore Post-Examiner, an on-line news source, explains the distress his candidacy is causing … Continue reading
