New Hampshire has a relatively open election system. On Primary Day, Tuesday, Sept. 14, go to your polling place, tell them your party registration, and help pick the candidates you want to be on the ballot in November. Undeclared voters can take either ballot.

It’s pretty easy to run for office, too. For the N.H. House, a major party candidate pays $2, and files. For third party candidates — a party that did not get 4 percent of the state votes in the last election — you also need to gather 150 signatures from people in your district, a small hurdle to keep our ballots from being flooded by names.

Across the state, 33 Libertarian or Undeclared candidates have chosen this straightforward path to the November elections.

Alternatively, if your own party is not too popular, and you don’t mind causing a little political mischief, and you don’t care about deceiving the public a bit, you can register as a Republican or Democrat in May and get on one of those ballots where you might sneak in if the voters aren’t paying attention. (more…)

Kudos to Sam Hawkes and The Sentinel for widening the conversation regarding the candidacy of Andrew Carroll, who is running as a Democrat from Keene for a seat in the N.H. House of Representatives.

Mr. Carroll, who is masquerading as a young Democrat, is actually a member of the Free State movement. Mr. Carroll explains his philosophy of government as “anarchy.” (more…)