Category Archives: political parties

“Federal judge to hear anti-Trump GOP delegate’s lawsuit”

July 7, 2016, 9:26 ampolitical parties, primariesRick Hasen

WaPo: A federal judge on Thursday will hear a lawsuit brought by a Virginia delegate to the Republican National Convention who says Democrat Hillary Clinton will win the White House “in a landslide” if Donald Trump is the GOP nominee.… Continue reading

“Special interests look to influence political conventions — discreetly”

July 7, 2016, 9:05 amcampaign finance, political partiesRick Hasen

CPI reports.

“Anti-Donald Trump Forces See Convention Coup as Within Reach”

July 6, 2016, 4:03 pmpolitical parties, primariesRick Hasen

WSJ: Months after Donald Trump appeared to seal the Republican nomination for president, anti-Trump forces still have one last chance to force a vote on the party’s convention floor that would throw open the GOP contest again. It’s a long… Continue reading

“GOP Delegate Fight to Stop Trump Heats up in Federal Court”

July 2, 2016, 5:49 ampolitical partiesDan Tokaji

WaPo on the First Amendment challenge to a state law binding delegates.

OpenSecrets.org Denied Credentials to RNC

July 1, 2016, 1:36 pmpolitical partiesDan Tokaji

Politico reports.

RNC Delegate Sues to Avoid Having to Vote for Trump

June 27, 2016, 8:39 ampolitical partiesDan Tokaji

CNN: “Carroll Correll is suing Virginia election officials in federal court, arguing that his right to free speech is infringed upon by legal requirements that he cast his ballot for Trump. His suit comes as efforts to unbind delegates… Continue reading

A Convention Like No Other

June 27, 2016, 7:02 ampolitical partiesDan Tokaji

“Hardly anybody wants to speak at Trump’s convention,” Politico report after speaking to 50 prominent Republicans.

“Donald Trump and R.N.C. See Common Foe: Rogue Delegates”

June 26, 2016, 6:13 ampolitical partiesDan Tokaji

NYT reports that the Trump campaign and RNC “are employing hard-nosed tactics, warning delegates that attempting to undermine Donald J. Trump’s claim to the nomination violates party rules, and threatening to deny speaking slots to Republicans they deem disloyal for… Continue reading

“POLITICO Delegate Survey: Dump Trump Lacks the Votes”

June 25, 2016, 5:34 ampolitical partiesDan Tokaji

No surprise in this survey of Republican rules committee members.

“Why Open Primaries Won’t Change Our Politics Much; Legislators elected from closed primary systems are no more or less extreme than those from open primary systems.”

June 20, 2016, 7:31 ampolitical parties, primariesRick Hasen

Seth Masket for Pacific Standard.

“2016 Delegates and Conventions Explained”

June 14, 2016, 11:26 ampolitical parties, primariesRick Hasen

Ballotpedia webinar June 16.

“Anti-Trump Republicans seek last-ditch ‘delegate revolt'”

June 10, 2016, 7:31 amcampaigns, political parties, primariesRick Hasen

Tal Koppan reports for CNN.

Charles Lane Presses Republican Party to Create Superdelegates

June 9, 2016, 2:29 pmpolitical partiesRichard Pildes

While a number of politicians and commentators are pressuring the Democratic Party to eliminate its superdelegates, Charles Lane in today’s Washington Post has a piece pushing the Republican Party to create a cadre of superdelegates as well. Defending a role… Continue reading

“Unusual election outcomes are the new normal with California’s top-two primary rules”

June 9, 2016, 12:11 pmpolitical parties, primariesRick Hasen

Important John Myers for the LAT: The new system has been especially tough on incumbents in the Legislature. In the five elections preceding the new system, only 8% of Assembly members and 2% of state senators faced a challenge from… Continue reading