“Republicans Rethink Caucus Support”
The Fix reports. I’ll have a piece in Slate on the caucus process posting shortly.
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“Pressure mounting for GOP caucus reconsideration”
News from Maine:“The Maine GOP announced Saturday that Romney narrowly edged Ron Paul, 39 percent to 36 percent, in a nonbinding presidential preference poll taken during the caucuses. The margin was fewer than 200 votes. A number of communities… Continue reading
“Caucus System Under Fire”
Politico reports.
New CRS Report
“Voters rebelling against caucuses; Weaknesses of system exposed”
The Washington Times reports.
“The Nevada GOP embarrasses itself — again”
Must-read Jon Ralston column on Nevada caucus follies.
“Caucus Counting Troubles Plague Primaries”
NPR reports.
“Religious Condition Stirs Protest at a Caucus Site”
NYT: “LAS VEGAS — A special Saturday night Republican caucus here intended to accommodate Orthodox Jews who could not vote before sundown became the scene of controversy and confrontation after caucusgoers were told that to be admitted they had… Continue reading
Ninth Circuit Brief Filed in Top-Two Case
From the challengers: “Our Brief shows that California’s Top Two Primary Law violated the rights of Californians in two troubling ways. First, it unconstitutionally violated the rights of minor-party candidates, by forcing them to falsely state on the ballot… Continue reading
“FairVote: Your Primary Resource in 2012”
“Appeals court upholds Washington state’s open primary system”
The LA Times offers this report, with the subhead: “The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals panel’s decision may signal affirmation for California’s open primary system, in which the top two vote-getters advance to the general election regardless of… Continue reading
Breaking News: Ninth Circuit Upholds Washington’s Top-Two Primary
On remand from the Supreme Court, and after the case went back to the trial court, the Ninth Circuit today, in a unanimous opinion, upheld Washington state’s top two primary law (on grounds that will make California’s top two… Continue reading
New CRS Report on Presidential Nominating Process
Here.
“Iowa in perspective: The delegate math is what matters most”
Jerry Goldfeder has written this oped for the NY Daily News.