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Convoluted CA Presidential Primary Rules Add to Vote Count Nightmare
It didn’t take long for the presidential landscape to radically shift following a monumental Super Tuesday. Yet, despite the departure of the richest person to run for president in modern US hist...
Here's What Each Candidate Has Spent Per Vote in The Democratic Primary
With a lot of primary left to go, the Democratic presidential candidates have raised and already spent a small fortune on their White House aspirations.So much for keeping money out of politics, right...
10 States Where Party Planners Can Host (and Avoid) Representative Primaries
Illinois should host the first presidential primaries if the goal is to pick a state that most closely matches the demographics of the country.And Vermont, the home state of Democratic front-runner Be...
Opinion: Democracy reform’s welcome arrival as a Democratic cause
By: Mark Schmitt (The Fulcrum Op-Ed)A presidential campaign is a contest of ideas, not just personalities. As candidates set out policy priorities and develop proposals, we learn more about what they ...
Can't Argue With Science: MIT Study Supports Growing Demands to Unrig US Elections
The beginning of the 2020 presidential election was an unmitigated disaster. Results that should have been reported the night-of in Iowa instead took days as a result of technical issues with an app a...
South Carolina Judge Says GOP Can Deny Voters Primary; Trump Considers Ditching Debates
A South Carolina judge last week dismissed a lawsuit against the state’s Republican Party over its decision to cancel a 2020 presidential primary. The decision all but ensures that many of the state’s...
Voters First: Nonpartisan Reformers Unite to Carry Historic Victories Into 2020
“[The political industry] is the only industry where people are told competition is bad for the consumer.” - Katherine GehlFormer Gehl Foods CEO Katherine Gehl was among the headline speakers at the s...
Don’t Let A Divisive Media Narrative Diminish Hope for a Better Republic
I have had the distinct honor of covering the nonpartisan reform space for the last seven years. In that time, I have seen it only build considerable momentum — and garner one historic victory after a...
Bill Weld: We Need to Expand the Primary Electorate
The three contenders challenging President Donald Trump for the GOP nomination in 2020 -- former Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld, former South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford, and former Illinois US R...
Bill Weld: We Need to Expand the Primary Electorate
Bill Weld almost had it right on primary elections during the 2019 Politicon.