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.

Ballot Access News
February 1, 2018 – Volume 33, Number 9

1. BILLS TO EASE BALLOT ACCESS PENDING IN ELEVEN STATES
2. MAINE REFERENDUM TO SAVE RANKED CHOICE VOTING
3. VIRGINIA WIN
4. PENNSYLVANIA WIN
5. FLORIDA INITIATIVE FOR EX-FELON VOTING RIGHTS QUALIFIES
6. FLORIDA VOTERS UNLIKELY TO BE ABLE TO VOTE FOR SEMI-CLOSED PRIMARIES
7. U.S. SUPREME COURT SETS CONFERENCE FOR DEBATE CASE
8. BOOK REVIEW: HACKS, THE INSIDE STORY OF THE BREAK-INS AND BREAKDOWNS THAT PUT DONALD TRUMP IN THE WHITE HOUSE
9. LAWSUIT NEWS
10. 2018 CONGRESSIONAL PRIMARY DATES
11. LAST TIME SOMEONE NOT A DEMOCRATIC OR REPUBLICAN NOMINEE WAS ELECTED TO EITHER BRANCH OF CONGRESS
12. 2018 PETITIONING
13. VLADIMIR PUTIN SUBMITS INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE PETITION
14. COLORADO LEGISLATOR BECOMES INDEPENDENT
15. FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION PUBLISHES 2016 ELECTION RETURNS
16. WILLIE WILSON, WHO SOUGHT THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION IN 2016, IS SUING THE PARTY
17. SUBSCRIBING TO BAN WITH PAYPAL

The Los Angeles Times has this story about the California top-two system and how it may deprive the Democratic Party of winning U.S. House seats in the 39th and 49th districts, even though in a standard election system, Democrats would have a good chance of winning those seats.