As is well-known to most readers, Pennsylvania is the only state in which the validity of petitions can only be determined by a court, and the proceedings for statewide petitions in court runs to hundreds of thousands of dollars. Back … Continue reading
The June 10 Roll Call has this analysis of how California’s top-two primary system has increased the power of the Democratic and Republican Party organizations. Thanks to Rick Hasen for the link. … Continue reading
Alabama will hold a special election for U.S. House, First District, in late 2013. Congressman Jo Bonner says he will resign from Congress in August 2013, so the state hasn’t formally set the special election yet. However, it is already … Continue reading
On June 9, Doug Bailey died. He had been a top Republican campaign strategist in the 1976 presidential election, and in 2006 he had helped found Unity ’08, which was planned to place a centrist presidential candidate on the ballot … Continue reading
On June 10, Fox & Hounds, a prestigious California politics blog, carried this statement by spokesmen for the California Peace & Freedom, Libertarian, and Green Parties about how Proposition 14, the top-two primary, has handicapped the parties. … Continue reading
