Over the last 100 years, the political system has developed so that parties, and not people, control the outcome of the elections. From gerrymandering to ballot access laws, independent-minded voters and candidates have been systematically shut out of the political process. This section focuses on electoral reforms that can help re-shape our elections into the representative democracy it was meant to be. This section will follow the developments and changes made to our national, state and local electoral process.
With campaign funding reaching all time highs, one might wonder who is contributing millions to aide, and often attack, presidential candidates. PACs and SuperPACs make donations from individuals seem minuscule in comparison. Upon.
Tonight Larry King will moderate a third-party debate with Gov. Gary Johnson, Dr. Jill Stein, Rocky Anderson, and Virgil Goode. This is the first meeting of all four candidates who.
Issue 2 would shift redistricting power in the Ohio by barring elected officials from sitting on the redistricting commission.
The No on Proposition 39 campaign is one of a kind, with a $23.1 million gap in funding between it and the Yes on 39 campaign. Proposition 39 is the only proposition with no centralized opposition.
The initiative, if passed, would establish a two-year budget with winding and lengthy caveats that could mean Proposition 31 is too complicated for voters.
Three Strikes Law is a wonderful tool for protecting the public from violent and serious criminals whose very freedom poses a continuing threat to our safety. But the Three Strikes Law has also been applied in a very over broad and inefficient way that actually threatens public safety and wastes enormous resources for no reason.
This week, IVN will pay special attention to the numerous incumbent partisans in California and the state of Arizona’s open elections initiative, where independent-minded voters are challenging the partisanship that pervades our politics.
