“Colorado GOP Chair Ken Buck pressured local official to submit incorrect election results; Fellow Republican says congressman tried to bully him into committing a crime”
Quite a story in the Denver Post.
Category Archives: political parties
“New York Must Hold Democratic Presidential Primary, Judge Rules”
NYT:
A federal judge on Tuesday ordered elections officials in New York State to hold its Democratic primary election in June and reinstate all qualifying candidates on the ballot. The ruling came after the presidential primary was canceled late last … Continue reading
“New York Cancels Primary Election, Angering Sanders Supporters”
NPR:
New York Democrats will not be casting primary votes for a presidential candidate this year.State election officials effectively canceled the presidential primary by removing every Democrat except the presumptive nominee, former Vice President Joe Biden, from the primary ballot.According… Continue reading
“DNC postpones presidential convention until August 17”
Politico:
The Democratic National Committee is postponing the party’s presidential convention in Milwaukee to August 17, the week before the Republican Party’s convention, a Democratic official briefed on the decision said. The delay from July 13 came after likely… Continue reading
“Democratic Convention Planners Look at Contingency Options”
NYT:
Planners for the Democratic National Convention are looking at “contingency options” in case the mid-July gathering in Milwaukee can’t take place because of the coronavirus, officials said on Monday for the first time.“As we navigate the unprecedented challenge of… Continue reading
“How the Trump Campaign Took Over the GOP”
NYT:
President Trump’s campaign manager and a circle of allies have seized control of the Republican Party’s voter data and fund-raising apparatus, using a network of private businesses whose operations and ownership are cloaked in secrecy, largely exempt from… Continue reading
“Primary Day: Why Presidential Nominees Should Be Chosen on a Single Day”
Eugene Mazo has posted this draft on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
Why do we have an Election Day but not a Primary Day? No aspect of the presidential nomination process causes as much controversy as the primary calendar. The… Continue reading
“After the meltdown at the Iowa caucuses, Democrats fear a repeat in Nevada”
“Winnowing and Endorsing: Separating the Two Distinct Functions of Party Primaries”
Ned Foley has posted this timely draft on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
This chapter of an edited volume on presidential primaries focuses on the relationship of the primaries to the general election. It does not suffice that the rules… Continue reading
“Our Presidential Primary System Is An Accident”
538 podcast, the first in its Primaries Project series. Great drive-time listening!
“How A Raucous Convention Revolutionized Our Primary System”
A 538 video, with more to come:
By casting a ballot in a primary or caucus, voters in the U.S. have the chance to decide who will vie to lead the free world. But that wasn’t always the case.… Continue reading
Informational Incentives for Campaign Mobilization
Bertrall Ross and Doug Spencer have a new paper out in the Northwestern Law Review: “Passive Voter Suppression: Campaign Mobilization and the Effective Disfranchisement of the Poor.” The abstract:
A recent spate of election laws tightened registration rules,… Continue reading
“Paperwork problem blocks Andrew Yang from Ohio’s Democratic presidential primary ballot, campaign to launch write-in effort”
Ballot access is not for the faint of heart.
“What it means to participate in the Iowa caucuses”
Lyz Lenz offers a wry view in The Gazette.
But past the humor, her overall point is spot-on: few Americans understand how the Iowa caucuses actually work — and it looks a lot more like a town meeting than a… Continue reading