published by Heather Fazio on Fri, 04/06/2012 - 23:23
Smaller Parties Refuse to Be Counted Out
By ROSS RAMSEY
Published: April 6, 2012
Texas is not a two-party state in the Constitution, or in the law, but it looks that way when the argument is over elections and political districts.
The Libertarians and the Greens in Texas hold no partisan political office in the state. And they were sideswiped by the redistricting litigation that delayed primaries, and by confusion over filing deadlines.