The Northwest Labor Press, a print publication published twice per month in Oregon, has this story on the Working Families Party of Oregon. The story reveals that the party has a paid staff of four.
Reply
Conor Friedersdorf, a staff writer for The Atlantic, says California needs a new major party because the Republican Party can’t compete in the state. See his Los Angeles Times essay here. Thanks to AroundtheCapitol for the link.
On September 28, a lower Iowa state court ruled that a particular voter, convicted in the past of a drug offense, may not register to vote. The Iowa Constitution says ex-felons who had committed an “infamous crime” lose the right to register to vote. The ACLU, which represents the voter, will ask for State Supreme Court review. See this story.
Canada holds a parliamentary election on October 19. According to this story, the deadline for candidates file was September 28, which is only three weeks before the election itself.
Candidates get on the ballot by submitting 100 signatures and paying a filing fee of $1,000 Canadian dollars.
Reince Priebus, national chair of the Republican Party, says in an interview published in National Journal that he and many leaders of the Republican Party tend to believe that Iowa and New Hampshire should not always be the first states to vote for presidential nominees. Thanks to PoliticalWire for the link.