Parties can’t have it both ways: Either appoint candidates or hold transparent nomination elections, say political players

The Hill Times: Such transparency, Carroll argued, would allow potential candidates and volunteers to make informed decisions, and avoid investing significant time, money, energy, and effort, only to be disappointed when a party leader appoints a candidate at the last minute, or the party organization intervenes to ensure their preferred candidate wins the nomination. He said that once the party opens a nomination contest in the remainder of the ridings, it should be transparent and open…