National Public Radio has this clear-eyed analysis of the likely effects of California’s Proposition 14. Thanks to Jack Dean for the link.
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This Washington Post story about the surprising outcome in South Carolina’s Democratic primary for U.S. Senate on June 8 suggests that the result may have been affected by the order of candidates on the ballot. Apparently in South Carolina primaries, the candidates are listed in alphabetical order.
The story also suggests that Republicans may have raided the Democratic primary and voted for the Democratic candidate who was perceived to be the weaker of the two. That idea will probably be helpful to the new Republican Party lawsuit to obtain a closed primary for itself in South Carolina.
A Texas state district court in Austin will hear the Democratic Party’s case against the Texas Green Party on June 24. See this story.
The Alabama Constitution Party submitted approximately 10,000 signatures so that it could be on the ballot in the First District for U.S. House. The petition is very likely to be validated, because the number of signatures submitted is almost twice the requirement. The party will nominate David Walter for Congress in the First District.
This is the first time the Constitution Party has placed any candidates for either house of Congress on the Alabama ballot. Walter will probably be the only minor party candidate for Congress in Alabama this year.
On June 10, the Federal Election Commission voted 4-1 to expand the definition of “press”, for disclosure purposes. Specifically the FEC voted that Citizens United is “press”. Citizens United has made fourteen movies about politics. Because it is now recognized as “press”, it need not disclose its income and expenditures for its movies. See this Scotusblog story. Thanks to Thomas Jones for the link.