On December 21, the Oregon Secretary of State ruled that the Constitution Party is still ballot-qualified. The Secretary of State interprets the law to mean that the vote test does count when a candidate is the nominee of two parties. However, it only counts for the party of membership of that candidate. Here is the December 20 blog post about this issue, which explains this issue in greater detail.

The Secretary of State acknowledges that the law is not clear, and it appears that the Secretary of State is depending on legislative intent. The law permitting fusion was never intended to make it more difficult for a party to remain qualified.

Two Pennsylvania State House members, Robert Godshall (Hatfield) and Seth Grove (York) say they will introduce a bill to let each U.S. House district choose its own presidential elector. See this story. Thanks to Rick Hasen for the link.

Lois Romano spent 28 years at the Washington Post as a political reporter and analyst. Now she is a senior politics reporter for Politico. Here is her lengthy analysis of who independent voters are and how they affected the 2012 presidential election. She mentions data that shows many independent voters are not moderates. Thanks to The Independent View for the link.