The Commission on Presidential Debates, founded in 1987, has always had two co-chairs, one of whom was a current or former high-ranking officer of the Democratic Party, and the other was a current or former high-ranking officer of the Republican Party.

But in January 2017, that changed. The co-chair associated with the Democratic Party, Mike McCurry, left the Commission and was replaced by Dorothy S. Ridings, who has never been a party officer in any political party. She is 80 and lives in Louisville, Kentucky. In the past she was Chair of the Council on Foundations, and long ago she was the national head of the League of Women Voters. The Commission did not issue any press release when this change was made. Thanks to IVN and Nick Bolelli for this news.

As of March 28, these are the Oklahoma voter registration totals by party: Republican 991,967; Democratic 850,509; Libertarian 4,125; independent and miscellaneous 319,091.

The totals in October 2016 were: Republican 983,932; Democratic 856,717; Libertarian 3,599; independent and miscellaneous 313,191.

The percentages now are: Republican 45.80%; Democratic 39.27%; Libertarian .19%; independent and miscellaneous 14.73%. The percentages in October 2016 were: Republican 45.61%; Democratic 39.71%; Libertarian .17%; independent and miscellaneous 14.52%.

Although the Libertarian total is still low, it is the highest for any third party in Oklahoma since 1972, when the American Party had 6,035. The Reform Party never had as many as 1,000 registrants in Oklahoma.

The Atlantic has this article by Norman Ornstein, advocating that Congress exercise its constitutional authority to pass legislation providing for special presidential elections. Thanks to Rick Hasen for the link.