Jana Kemp, an independent candidate for Governor of Idaho who is a former state legislator, is protesting the decision of the Boise City Club to invite only the Democratic and Republican nominees for Governor.  See this story.

The story says that the Club thinks that the IRS has a rule limiting debates to candidates with 15% support at polls.  If this is what the Club officials think, they are mistaken.  There is no such IRS rule.  Perhaps the Club is confusing the IRS with the Commission on Presidential Debates.  The Commission is not a governmental body.

Joe Mathews, a distinguished California thinker and writer who has just published another book, “California Crackup”, is interviewed here by Scott Timberg.  In the interview, Mathews makes the case that California needs a legislature elected by proportional representation.   The co-author of “California Crack-Up” is Mark Paul.

The Colorado Libertarian Party held a statewide primary on August 10.  This was the first time Colorado had provided a statewide primary for any party, other than the Democratic and Republican Parties, since 1914 and 1916, years in which the Progressive (“Bull Moose”) Party had Colorado primaries.

For Governor, Jaimes Brown defeated Dan “Kilo” Sallis, 62% to 38%.  For U.S. Senate, Maclyn Stringer defeated John Finger, 53% to 47%.  No news source seems to have mentioned how many voters voted in the Libertarian Party primary.  Colorado has closed primaries.  Independent voters are free to change registration on primary election day and join any party.  However, the Democratic and Republican primaries were so competitive this year for U.S. Senator, probably very few independent voters enrolled in the Libertarian Party on primary day.  The Libertarian Party had 8,453 registered voters in Colorado as of a few months ago.