The San Jose Mercury News ran a commentary by FairVote’s Ryan O’Donnell in its Sunday edition today.

FTP is calling for a national commission that can help the parties coordinate reform steps so that we have a saner nomination process in 2012. Primary schedule reform will work best if the major parties take action together.

We’ll keep you posted as we continue to reach out to old allies and new friends, and bring people together to find a solution to the presidential chaos we’re seeing in the 2008 race. Be sure to signup for occasional email updates at www.fixtheprimaries.com, so we can build our base of support!

Other posts by Laura Kirshner

• Shift of fewer than 400,000 votes could have swung the election in McCain’s favor - November 5th, 2008
• 1 in 14 chance that the Electoral College winner will lose the National Popular Vote - September 8th, 2008
• Bi-partisan Panel Signs Joint Resolution for 2012 Primary Reform - August 21st, 2008
• Pushing back the Primaries: Don Means leads the National Caucus for 2012 Reform - August 1st, 2008
• Straight From the Horse’s Mouth: “Only winning the swing states matters” - July 8th, 2008
• The potential for women in the Senate - June 5th, 2008
• Ickes: System is "out of kilter" - August 27th, 2007
• Fix The Primaries in Miami Herald's Opinion Pages - August 15th, 2007
• California still left out of the campaign spotlight - July 30th, 2007
• The Shrinking Battleground: It's Smaller Than You Think - July 23rd, 2007