William L. Kovacs is the author of "Reform the Kakistocracy: Rule by the Least Able or Least Principled Citizens". He held senior level policy positions in a national business association, on Capitol Hill, as a partner in DC law firms, participated in hundreds of federal rulemakings and testified before Congress forty times. Follow him @WilliamLKovacs
This is the last of five articles discussing options for breaking the monopoly control of our government by the two major political parties. This article examines an emerging, state electoral process, formerly named a “Non-partisan Blanket Primary.” Its common name is “jungle primary.” In this primary all candidates for the same elected office, no matter
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This series of articles explores options to break the monopoly control of our government by the two major political parties. The first article describes the monopoly. The second discusses tactics used to maintain the monopoly. The third article suggests using a civil rights law to secure reasonably permanent ballot access and compensation for injury. This
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Part I of this series describes the two major political parties as possessing monopoly control of our government. Part II discusses the tactics used by states and the two major parties to maintain such control. This article explores how to break such control. Third-parties have fought to obtain ballot access for over a century. It
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Part I of this series sets out the fact that independent and third-party candidates only hold 0.0003246% of all elected offices. The two major parties, Republican and Democratic, hold 99.96%. It appears from history that such control has been obtained by violating the constitutional rights of third-party candidates and could be a monopoly that restrains
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