Independents Exceed Party Registration In Key States

Out of the 28 states that record party affiliation upon registering to vote, five states: Massachusetts, Alaska, New Jersey, Rhode Island, and Connecticut have the highest percentage of independent or no party preference voters in the country. Unaffiliated voters in Massachusetts and Alaska are the majority with about 53 percent of voters in both states declining to register with a party.

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Despite National Appeal, Cory Booker Remains a Mystery to Independents

Newark Mayor Cory Booker self-identifies as an “independent Democrat.” When he declared his official entry into New Jersey’s special election to replace Frank Lautenberg’s Senate seat on Saturday, he explained that if elected, he would seek to “bring people together…actually get into the complicated difficult messy arena…

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New Jersey Taxpayers Pay $12 Million for a Primary They Won’t Vote In

Governor Chris Christie announced that New Jersey will hold special elections in October to fill the seat left vacant after the death of Senator Frank Lautenberg. The cost of this decision has already become controversial, including the $12 million spent on a partisan primary nobody will vote in.

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Constraints of NJ Senate Special Election Squeeze Out Independents

On February 14, 2013, the 89-year-old senator from New Jersey, Frank Lautenberg, announced he would not run for reelection in 2014. Although the move had been long suspected from the man who was already the oldest serving senator, the announcement set into a motion a long race to replace him…

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Governor Chris Christie Faces Challengers from All Sides

With high name recognition and widespread popularity, Governor Chris Christie has positioned himself as the Republican Party’s foremost rock star, as evidenced by frequent media appearances and rampant speculation…

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Long Lines and Closed Polls Call for Online Voting Debate

It’s time to begin the discussion on how to effectively and securely host a national online election. This year America was confronted with many harsh realities about the mechanisms we.

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Chris Christie’s Drug War Remarks Belie His Solutions

Although New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie just called the War on Drugs a failure, his proposed policy solutions will maintain the status quo.

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