The Blaze has this story about the war of words between Jill Stein and certain Democratic Party activists and officials, over the 2016 election and Russia.
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Indy Week, of Raleigh, North Carolina, has this story about the failure of the Republican and Democratic Parties to nominate anyone for Wake County Board of Elections by the legal deadline. The reporter tried to get a comment from both major parties, but neither of them was willing to comment.
Wake County is the county that includes Raleigh, the state capital.
Rhode Island holds a special election to fill the vacant State Senate seat, 13th district, in Newport, on August 22. Four candidates will be on the ballot, a Democrat, a Republican, and independent, and a Green Party nominee, Gregory Larson. Larson had to petition his way onto the ballot because the Green Party is not ballot-qualified in Rhode Island.
This article in the Global News of Canada discusses whether proportional representation will come to British Columbia. The article says a major impediment is that currently, British Columbia legislative districts are not even close to being equal in population. Rural districts do not contain as many voters are urban and suburban districts. If proportional representation were implemented, province-wide, the rural areas would lose representation.
The Wyoming Secretary of State has posted the July 1, 2017 registration data. Percentages are: Republican 67.11%; Democratic 17.93%; Libertarian .91%; Constitution .30%; independent and miscellaneous 13.74%.
In November 2016, percentages were: Republican 68.36%; Democratic 19.61%; Libertarian .64%; Constitution .20%; independent and miscellaneous 11.18%.