Category Archives: political parties

“‘Hall: McDaniel, Cochran primary law fight disingenuous”

June 21, 2014, 6:25 pmpolitical parties, primariesRick Hasen

Sam Hall column: “Mississippi has a law that says a person cannot vote in a party primary unless they intend to support that party’s nominee in the general election. The law is all but unenforceable and is contradicted by other… Continue reading

“Mississippi’s Black Voters Should Vote for Thad Cochran”

June 20, 2014, 10:39 amcampaigns, political parties, political polarizationRick Hasen

Jamelle Bouie makes the case.

“Top-Two Supporters File Brief in Rubin v Bowen, the Minor Party Challenge to California’s Top-Two System”

June 20, 2014, 9:46 amballot access, political parties, primariesRick Hasen

Richard Winger comments.

J. Christian Adams Wrongly Suggests Poll Workers Should Exclude Democrats from Voting in Mississippi Primary, Ignoring Relevant Case Law and an AG Opinion

June 19, 2014, 9:12 ampolitical parties, primariesRick Hasen

Via Josh Marshall, comes a story at Breitbart, Former DOJ Attorney: Illegal for Democrats to Vote in MS GOP Primary Runoff. Here’s the relevant part of the article: J. Christian Adams, a former Civil Rights Division attorney at… Continue reading

“Setting the Record Straight on a Polarizing Debate”

June 18, 2014, 8:09 pmpolitical parties, political polarizationRick Hasen

Important Norm Ornstein column.

WaPo Editorial Suggests MultiMember Districts to Deal with Political Polarization

June 16, 2014, 3:24 pmalternative voting systems, political parties, political polarizationRick Hasen

“Population Shifts Turning All Politics National”

June 16, 2014, 8:43 amcampaigns, political parties, political polarizationRick Hasen

Important NYT report.

“Asymmetrical Polarization Undermined? Thoughts on the New Pew Research Center’s Report on Political Polarization”

June 13, 2014, 3:40 pmpolitical parties, political polarizationRick Hasen

Tom Mann blogs at Brookings’ FixGov blog.

“The Fix: Americans are twice as polarized as they were in 1994 on 8 out of 10 issues”

June 12, 2014, 8:48 ampolitical parties, political polarizationRick Hasen

Aaron Blake writes.

“An expert on congressional primaries weighs in on Cantor’s loss”

June 12, 2014, 8:27 ampolitical parties, political polarization, primariesRick Hasen

Robert Boatwright talks to the Monkey Cage.

Judicial Candidates Have No Constitutional Right for Party Label on Ballot

June 12, 2014, 7:24 amjudicial elections, political parties, political polarizationRick Hasen

Following up on this post, see this opinion in Ohio Council 8 AFSCME v. Brunner.

“Political Polarization in the American Public; How Increasing Ideological Uniformity and Partisan Antipathy Affect Politics, Compromise and Everyday Life”

June 11, 2014, 9:33 pmpolitical parties, political polarizationRick Hasen

Very important Pew report, with some very revealing graphics and statistics.

“Fix the Top Two Primary: Admirable Goals Don’t Justify Indefensible Outcomes”

June 11, 2014, 3:03 pmalternative voting systems, political parties, primariesRick Hasen

“Ohio’s partisan system for electing judges OK, court rules”

June 11, 2014, 12:23 pmjudicial elections, political partiesRick Hasen

Columbus Dispatch: “A federal court judge has upheld Ohio unique system of having judicial candidates run as Democrats or Republicans in primary elections, but then stripping them of partisan labels in the general election.” Anyone have the opinion?