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AP Claims Hillary Wins Democratic Nomination on Eve of Major Primary Day
On Tuesday, June 7, 6 states -- California, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Dakota, and South Dakota -- will hold Democratic presidential contests in what has proven to be a hotly contested rac...
A New Day Needs to Dawn in America (Part I)
2016’s campaign cycle, as “unconventional” as it may have turned out to be, clearly demonstrates one distinct fact—people are pissed off with the status quo! Why shouldn’t they be? The two national pa...
Primaries: A Major Party Failure Is A Third Party Opportunity
Let’s be clear here. Major-party primaries in the US are absurd.Parties in most countries select their nominees privately and pay for it on their own dime. That’s not surprising either considering tha...
Montana GOP Drops Out of Lawsuit to Close Primary Elections
NBC Montana reported Thursday that the Montana Republican Party is dropping out of a lawsuit that aims to close the state's primary elections. The decision by the state GOP deals a significant blow to...
A Political Revolution is Happening -- And It Starts with the Presidential Debates
Hillary Clinton recently touted her longstanding loyalty to the Democratic Party and the importance of being a "real" Democrat nominee. Bernie Sanders, previously the longest serving independent ...
SCOTUS Denies Montana GOP Petition to Close 2016 Primaries
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court denied the Montana Republican Party's request to close the 2016 primaries to registered members of the party.Montana has been an open primary state since...
'Two Parties, One Winner' Shouldn't Override 'One Person, One Vote'
On Monday, the Supreme Court of the Unites States heard oral arguments in the case of Wittman v. Personhuballah, to decide whether Virginia lawmakers unlawfully considered race while redrawing co...
Montana GOP: You Have to Join a Party to Vote
The Great Falls Tribune reported Friday that Montana Republicans filed an appeal with the Supreme Court of the United States to close the June 7 primary to registered party members only.&nbs...
Discussions About Independent Voters Would Be Improved if Philosophical Principles Were Set Out
Many authors and commenters on IVN clearly believe that it is wrong for any party, or any state law, to prevent independent voters from voting in a government-administered primary for public office. I...
OPINION: The Irrationality of Iowa and N.H. Going First in Presidential Elections
NPR and other media outlets have aired interviews with Iowans on why Iowa always gets to go first. Who goes second gets far less coverage, but the same logic presumably applies. If what some Iowans sa...