Lucas Overby, a Libertarian who hoped to run in the upcoming Florida special election, U.S. House district 13, submitted 1,386 signatures in lieu of the filing fee, to meet a requirement of 1,172 valid signatures. His petition has now been … Continue reading
Los Angeles County election officials have contracted with IDEO, asking IDEO to design a new machine for permitting voters to cast their votes, and to count those votes. IDEO is a famous company with many design successes in the past, … Continue reading
Jacobin Magazine has this essay by Ari Paul, criticizing the Working Families Party of Syracuse for consistently refusing to support Howie Hawkins even when Hawkins runs strong campaigns that have a chance of winning. Howie Hawkins is one of the … Continue reading
On Friday evening, November 15, Kshama Sawant’s opponent, incumbent Seattle city councilman Richard Conlin, conceded to her. Sawant is the Socialist Alternative candidate in the citywide non-partisan race for city council. See this story. … Continue reading
Seth Masket, a political scientist who studies political parties, here discusses why the national Democratic and Republican Parties have so much trouble trying to enforce the type of presidential primary calendar they prefer. Masket concludes that depriving state parties of … Continue reading
