On February 25, the Utah Republican Party Central Committee passed a bylaw that says any Republican who petitions onto the primary ballot can be expelled from the party. See this story. Thanks to Political Wire for the link.
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According to this TASS news story, all eight presidential candidates on the ballot in the March 18 Russian presidential election are invited into televised debates. However, incumbent President Vladimir Putin has declined to participate in any debates.
The Santa Fe New Mexico, the city’s daily newspaper, has this story about how activists who favor ranked choice voting won their long struggle.
On February 25, Ohio Governor John Kasich was on ABC-TV’s “This Week with George Stephanopoulos”. He said, “We may be beginning to see the end of the two party system. I’m starting to really wonder if we’re going to see a multi-party system at some point in the future of this country…I’m saying that our young people are fed up and why I’m saying that the prospect of a multi-party system in this country is a real possibility.” Thanks to PoliticalWire for the link. The Kasich portion of the show starts about 60% of the way through.
On February 24, the Alabama Republican Party state committee voted to prevent two particular individuals from running in Republican primaries this year. See this story. One of them was rejected because he had had an earlier association with the Constitution Party.