Slate has this interesting interview with Nicholas Sarwark, national chair of the Libertarian Party. Sarwark explains the Libertarian Party presidential nomination process.
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Frank Fahrenkopf of the Commission on Presidential Debates is quoted in this article in The Hill as saying that it isn’t fair for general election presidential polls to only ask about Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.
The Guardian, one of Great Britain’s leading newspapers, has this long article about the Prohibition Party and Jim Hedges, its presidential nominee this year. The story doesn’t mention that Great Britain also once had a thriving Prohibition Party, and the only time Winston Churchill ever lost an election, it was to a nominee of the Prohibition Party of Great Britain.
The story is erroneous when it says that Hedges’ two election victories for Township Assessor in Pennsylvania are the only instances in which the Prohibition Party has won any partisan elections since the 1920’s. The party won over 100 victories in partisan elections during the 1940’s and 1950’s, mostly in Kansas, but also some in Indiana, Michigan, and Oklahoma. The most important offices won in these partisan elections was County Clerk and Sheriff. Thanks to Phil Huckelberry for the link.
On May 11, the Maine Libertarian Party filed this 7-page brief in Libertarian Party of Maine v Dunlap, 2:16cv-2. The issue is whether the party should be on the ballot this year, and whether a December 1 deadline (in the year before the election) can be constitutional. Even if you don’t normally read briefs, this one is very clear, interesting, and short.
On May 11, the Colorado legislature adjourned, without passing any bill for a presidential primary in future years. In 2016 Colorado had no presidential primaries, and the major parties used caucuses to choose delegates to their national conventions.
There will be plenty of time for the legislature to pass a presidential primary bill in 2017, 2018, or 2019.