The New England races on April 26 represent a 'do or die' moment for the Sanders campaign with 384 delegates up for grabs. After falling short in New York by 69 delegates (177-108, Bloomberg's count), he must regain some momentum in order to get back on track for his strategy.

And while it would be nice for his camp to outright win the primary, his first and foremost goal is to win 2,026 pledged delegates.

Why?

Just when you thought independents couldn’t face any more voter discrimination this year, they will be hit with four closed primaries in a single day on April 26.

This comes a week after independents were disenfranchised by the closed New York primary on April 19,  a primary where voters were required to register with a party six months in advance and a record amount of independents were told they didn't re-register in time or were turned away from the polls.

This week the House of Representatives is expected to vote on a bill that its supporters say closes a legal loophole that will protect email and electronic communication users.

Republican presidential candidate John Kasich is often plain spoken, even about his own party's flaws.

In a meeting with the Washington Post's editorial board, Kasich gave a brutally honest reason for his party's opposition to D.C. statehood:

La peculiar dinámica de las elecciones presidenciales de 2016 ha generado un mayor interés entre los votantes que se encuentran fuera de los partidos Demócrata y Republicano. Estos ciudadanos se sienten identificados con candidatos como Donald Trump y Bernie Sanders, quienes se encuentran participando dentro del sistema bipartidista, más no siguen la línea establecida por los partidos.

The contested nature of the 2016 presidential race has increased interest among voters outside the Republican and Democratic parties. These voters find themselves attracted to candidates like Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders, who are running within the two-party system, but do not toe the line of the partisan establishment.

“Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.” ~H.L. Mencken

The 2016 RNC convention in Cleveland is only three months away, but it is perhaps a rule used in 2012 that will have the greatest impact in Ohio.

In 2012, Republicans were worried about Ron Paul's popularity possibly upsetting establishment candidate Mitt Romney's clear path to the nomination. So, the RNC Rules Committee changed the rules.

There's no doubt that Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach has been a champion of the cause to implement stricter voting laws across America.

Helping craft the laws in at least 3 states, including Kansas, Kobach is an ardent defender of both voter ID laws at polling places and proof-of-citizenship to register to vote.

With the summer fast approaching, and as establishment leaders in both parties frantically try to simmer the flames of the primary chaos, there is still a chance that this election could become even more unconventional than it already is.

At the moment both parties are in sticky situations as the establishment wing of the parties are either completely underwater or desperately treading water. With both Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio out of the race, and with Gov. John Kasich having just 147 delegates total, Donald Trump is a top of the Republican field as the convention looms.