Political scientist Jonathan Bernstein writes here about election systems in which parties don’t have nominees for important office such as Congress. As is traditional for political scientists, he supports the concept of political parties and thereby criticizes the Alaska election system. Thanks to Fairvote for the link.
Todd Carney, an attorney who writes for Real Clear Politics, has this article about California’s top-two system. Thanks to Fairvote for the link.
The article has a factual error near the end, when it discusses the Alaska top-four system. It says there are no minor party or independent candidates for Alaska statewide office general elections this year. Actually, the U.S. House race has a Libertarian running in November.
On September 6, North Dakota Democratic nominee for U.S. House Mark Haugen will withdraw from the November 2022 election, and independent candidate Cara Mund, running for the same office, will file her independent candidate petition. See this story.
On August 18, a South Carolina state trial court removed the Labor Party nominees for Governor and Lieutenant Governor from the November ballot. The State Election Commission had intended to print the Labor Party nominees on the ballot, but then the South Carolina Democratic Party filed a challenge. The Democratic Party said the Labor Party nominating convention, held in July 2022, was too late. See this story. Thanks to Michael Rubin for this news.
The decision also means that the Labor Party’s nominee for U.S. House won’t be on the ballot either.
The Alabama League of Women Voters has invited all three candidates for Secretary of State to a joint zoom forum. The forum is October 11. However, the Republican nominee has declined to participate. See this story.
