This piece in Politico urges Bernie Sanders to make a campaign issue out of the fact that in “half the states”, independent voters can’t participate in the process by which the Democratic Party chooses a presidential nominee. See the third paragraph from the bottom, in which the author, Jackie Salit, says “New Hampshire permits independents to vote. Half the states don’t.”

Actually, only twentyone states prevent independents from participating in the Democratic presidential caucuses and primaries. See this page from Bernie Sanders’ webpage, explaining the procedures in each state.

Scott McLarty, media spokesperson for the Green Party, has this essay at Counterpunch. One of the original ideas is that while Bernie Sanders is campaigning, and easily available (at least for New Hampshire residents), he should be asked to take a position on the Commission on Presidential Debates.

The Daily Dot, an internet newspaper which runs approximately 50 stories per day, has this story about Rocky De La Fuente. This is exactly the type of publicity that he needs, in order to qualify for the presidential primary ballot automatically in many states, including California, where he lives. It will be interesting to see if the California Secretary of State puts him on the June 2016 Democratic presidential primary ballot. The California law says candidates discussed in the news media go on automatically.

In 1992, when former California Secretary of State March Fong Eu omitted Lyndon LaRouche from the Democratic presidential primary ballot, LaRouche sued and won. And De La Fuente has a stronger campaign, and better relations with the national Democratic Party, than LaRouche had in 1992.