In ”The Party Should Be Over” (editorial, Aug. 31), you argue that the Independence Party ”should not be on the ballot.” We agree! We think no party should be on the ballot. That’s why we’ve aggressively supported a shift to nonpartisan elections, which you have not.

You promote the idea that state law be changed to prevent minor parties from cross-endorsing in gubernatorial years when every party — major and minor — must poll 50,000 votes to renew their ballot status. We’d support that, too, if every party would have to run a party member for governor but no party could run a sitting governor.

If the minors get a ”leg up” through cross-endorsement, the majors certainly get a ”leg up” through incumbency. When you’re ready to endorse that package, we’ll be the first to sign on.

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