“Former Democratic Rep. Artur Davis talks party-switching”
Interesting interview with The Fix.
Category Archives: political parties
Nate Silver: Brokered GOP Convention Plausible
Plausible analysis.
“SC Republicans met with Colbert over rights to rename presidential primary after comedian”
AP reports.
Jim Gardner: The Promise of State Constitutional Challenges to Partisan Gerrymandering
Jim Gardner has written this post on a new election law litigation project of his:
I’d like to thank Rick for inviting me to blog about a redistricting legal challenge in which I’m involved. The case, Pearson v. Koster, is… Continue reading
“A rogue convention? How GOP party rules may surprise in 2012”
Rob Richie and Elise Helgesen have written this Politico oped.
“Could New GOP Rule Lead to a Brokered Convention?”
Political Wire: “Howard Megdal thinks a new GOP rule which says that any primary or caucus held before April 1 must allocate delegates proportionally could lead to a brokered convention.”
“How Many Primaries in New York?”
NYT editorializes.
“Three California Political Parties File Lawsuit, Alleging that Top-Two Primary Law is Unconstitutional”
BAN explains.
“Who should pay for S.C. GOP primary?”
The State reports.
“Expert Witness Publishes His Findings on Voter Confusion in Top-Two Systems”
Richard Winger reports.
California Court of Appeal Rejects Challenge to Top-Two Primary, Solves Problem With Write-In Votes Which Would Not Be Counted
In Field v. Bowen, the court easily rejected the constitutional arguments against holding a top-two primary. The only difficult question, it seems to me, was the apparent contradiction in California statutes which seemed to both require that write-in vote… Continue reading
“Christine O’Donnell: Exhibit A for getting rid of closed primaries”
John Avlon has written this column for CNN.
UPDATE: Richard Winger responds.
“Strategic voting in open primaries: evidence from Rush Limbaugh’s ‘operation chaos'”
E. Frank Stephenson has written this article for Public Choice. Here is the abstract:
Open primaries create the possibility of strategic crossover voting. On his March 3, 2008 program and subsequent broadcasts, radio personality Rush Limbaugh called on his listeners… Continue reading
“Can Two Play the Voter-Turnout Game”
Tim Herdt contrasts Republican-favored voter id laws with CA Democrats’ attempts to move ballot measure elections in the state to general elections only.