Baroness Ros Altmann, a member of the British House of Lords and a minister in the Conservative government, was recently exposed as someone who had joined the Labour Party last year. All dues-paying members of the Labour Party received a postal ballot to vote on who the Labour Party leader should be. In Britain, party leaders become Prime Minister if that party wins the election.

The Labour Party combed through its membership list last month and expelled persons who are active members of other parties, but the process missed Baroness Altmann. See this story. She received a ballot, but the story does not say if she used that ballot. The votes are being counted now and the winner’s identity will be announced this week.

The New York Times of September 8 has this front-page story about the Mississippi Democratic Party’s nominee for Governor, Robert Gray. Gray won this year’s primary even though he did not campaign and his two primary opponents did campaign. The story suggests that the Democratic primary outcome was caused by Republicans voting in the Democratic primary. Mississippi has an open primary.

Free & Equal is hosting a rally in Los Angeles on Saturday evening, September 19, in Los Angeles. The rally will include a keynote address by Ramsey Clark, former Attorney General of the United States. See the Free & Equal website announcement here. Free & Equal promotes election changes that are fair to all candidates, not just the Democratic and Republican nominees. In 2012 Free & Equal hosted the only televised general election debate that included any candidates other than President Obama and Mitt Romney. Free & Equal is already planning similar debates in 2016.