Category Archives: political parties
In Case with Potential National Implications, Federal Court Strikes Political Party Ballot Qualifications Requirements in South Dakota
Richard Winger:
The opinion says that the March 27 petition deadline is too early, especially given winter weather in South Dakota. It also says the 2.5% (of the last gubernatorial vote) is also too high, given the historical record of… Continue reading
“California Democrats agree they have too many candidates for Congress. What to do about them is the problem”
LAT:
There are so many Democrats running for Congress in some districts that they could split the votes in the June 5 primary and send two Republicans to the November election, thanks to California’s top-two primary system. Democrats need 24… Continue reading
“Judges Say Throw Out the Map. Lawmakers Say Throw Out the Judges.”
NYT:
In Pennsylvania, a Republican lawmaker unhappy with a State Supreme Court ruling on gerrymandering wants to impeach the Democratic justices who authored it.
In Iowa, a running dispute over allowing firearms in courthouses has prompted bills by Republican sponsors… Continue reading
Full Employment for Election Lawyers Dep’t: NC Legislature Files Emergency 4th Circuit Appeal to Reverse Trial Court Decision on Primaries for Appellate Judges
Following up on this post, the NC Legislature has now sought emergency relief in the 4th Circuit.
“Filibusters are Not for Shutdowns”
“As Gridlock Deepens in Congress, Only Gloom Is Bipartisan”
“In major reform, 2020 Iowa caucuses would include absentee voting, public vote totals”
Des Moines Register:
Iowa’s first-in-the-nation Democratic presidential caucuses would break with decades of tradition in 2020 by allowing voters to cast absentee ballots and then releasing the raw total of votes won by each candidate.
A Democratic National Committee panel… Continue reading
“Alabama’s Disdain for Democrats Looms Over Its Senate Race”
NYT:
“I don’t think the Lord Jesus could win as a Democrat in Alabama,” said Brad Chism, who runs a Democratic communications firm in Mississippi that has conducted surveys of female voters in Alabama in recent weeks. “They’re just waiting… Continue reading
“RNC to support Roy Moore in Senate race in Alabama, weeks after cutting ties with his campaign”
“How did the DNC fall into a fundraising hole so deep as to need a life-line from the Clinton campaign to begin with?”
Dan Weiner on Donna Brazile and the DNC.
Populism and Democratic Institutional Design: Methods of Selecting Candidates for Chief Executive in the United States and Other Democracies
As part of the critique I’ve been developing in recent years (e.g., here) over the excessively populist direction of a number of post-1960s political “reforms,” I have turned my attention to raising questions about changes we’ve made to the… Continue reading
ELB Podcast Episode 19. Tom Mann and Norm Ornstein: Trumpism, and America, After Trump
What is the connection between Republican Party extremism before Trump and the rise of Trump? What kinds of economic and political reforms can best preserve American democracy? What will life after Trump, and Trumpism, look like in the United States?… Continue reading
“Issue One raises concerns about Democratic Party’s new mega joint fundraising committee”
Release:
On Thursday, Politico reported the formation of a new mega joint fundraising committee called the Democratic Grassroots Victory Fund. This joint fundraising committee will solicit contributions to benefit the Democratic National Committee, as well as state parties in all… Continue reading