Jeff Jacoby, long-time columnist for the Boston Globe, has this column, “How Political Insiders Control the Ballot”, condemning restrictive ballot access laws. The column was triggered by news of Congressman John Conyers’ ballot access difficulties. Jacoby referred to Massachusetts in … Continue reading
Capital and Main, a non-partisan news source about government and politics, recently ran a two-part series by Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Gary Cohn that concludes that the top-two system in California has injured labor and boosted big business. Here is the … Continue reading
According to this story, former Congressman Tom Tancredo is likely to be the Republican nominee this year for Governor of Colorado. In 2010, he was the Constitution Party’s nominee for the same office, and he received 36.4% of the vote. … Continue reading
Arkansas held primaries for the Democratic and Republican Parties on May 20. Incumbent state representative Fred Smith was defeated in the Democratic primary in the 50th district. The vote was: Smith 539; Milton Nicks 1,096. Smith had been nominated by … Continue reading
Although Alabama will be one of only two, three or four states with no statewide minor party or independent candidates on the November 2014 ballot, the Constitution Party will be on the ballot in Marshall County, Alabama. Alabama lets parties … Continue reading
