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The Dirty Weather Report is a twenty-four-hour online Climate Reality Project, and highlights how the extreme weather experienced the last few years is connected to global climate change. This first in a series […]

Former Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Dee “Gabby” Giffords and her husband, former astronaut Mark Kelly, announced the creation of a new political action committee (PAC) on Tuesday called Gabby PAC that […]

After a battle in the courtroom, the non-partisan Arizona Open Primary initiative, known as the “Open Elections/Open Government Initiative,” has been cleared for placement on November’s general election ballot.
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Another challenge for the Open Elections/Open Government Act in Arizona arose today, as Maricopa County officials announced  a review of petition signatures of voters from the county may not provide the number […]

Arizona’s Supreme Court today reversed a previous Superior Court ruling which struck the Open Elections/Open Government Act from November’s general election ballot. The initiative implements open primary […]

Shortly after making his State of the State speech in Sacramento on Wednesday, California Governor Jerry Brown traveled to Southern California for a two-day trip to gain support for his proposed tax increases. […]

The number of voters who refuse to affiliate with any political party continues to rise in Arizona. According to the most recent registration report from Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett, released late last […]

Ready? Set? General Election, Go!

Newt Gingrich is expected to formerly drop his bid for president, now expected Wednesday, May 2nd.

President Obama will officially launch his reelection campaign on […]

The possible impact of Independent candidates running in the June Open Primary varies dramatically depending on the Legislative or Congressional district you are looking at according to Polling conducted by […]

The Ninth Circuit of appeals today handed down a unanimous opinion upholding the Washington State Top Two system.  The court was addressing the question of whether the State of Washington had designed its election […]

The Rules in California have Changed.  For the first time, California’s voters can vote in the primary for any candidate, regardless of party affiliation.  IVN’s Online Independent Voter Survey is being […]

The following guides have been created by the Independent Voter Project, the authors of California’s Open Primary Act, to provide elected officials, potential candidates, the media, and the general public with […]

Opening briefs are due today in the Arizona Supreme Court appeal case for supporters and opponents of the Open Elections/Open Government initiative. The challenge comes after a Superior Court judge found the […]

For an Arizona group looking to transition their state to an open primary system, a current court battle over election law may serve as a speed bump towards a long-term electoral solution.

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On March 27th of this year, the Arizona House of Representatives passed HB2036, a bill aimed at outlawing selective abortions past 20 weeks of conception. Women’s rights activists breathed a sigh of relief on […]

The opponents of Planned Parenthood are at it again. Or, I would say they’re at it again but they’ve really never stopped. But these days it seems the attacks on reproductive health care and women’s autonomy of […]

Around this time of the year, there are several seasons that come to mind, like the holiday season, the football season or even winter vegetables. But thanks to resourceful party planners for our beloved state […]

As with all post-term limited freshmen classes, they came to Sacramento with lofty ambitions to represent their constituents or, in Capitol terminology, “do the people’s business.” The thirty or so legislators […]

From John Robb comes the startling news that guns can now be made with 3D printers. “Havenblue” has printed several assault weapons and they fired fine. This rather clearly changes everything for insurgents, […]

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The California park system secretly hid $54 million as it cut services and begged for money from private donors, which is certainly some kind of new low in bottom-dwelling, cynical, manipulative, politics.

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Absence of morality. Three Chicago teens decided to beat up a defenseless older man for fun and killed him. Bankers loot the country.

Delfino Mora, a father of 12, was collecting cans in an alley on the Far North […]

Welcome to The Social Ballot, the Independent Voter Network’s social media blog. Here, we’ll be following the social media tools, campaigns, and tactics that are revolutionizing the ballot.

For most Americans, […]

Welcome to Pangea, a Foreign Affairs Blog!
The term ‘Pangea‘ refers to the supercontinent that included all the landmasses of the Earth. The world’s population is now more connected in the present age than any […]

Due to ongoing drought conditions, the USDA has just declared more than 1,000 counties natural disaster areas, making it the largest natural disaster in America ever. Not good news at any time but especially […]

When the Fed released its “trove” of materials confirming that the Fed indeed knew that the Barclays was manipulating its Libor submissions (amusingly explained by Ben Bernanke before Senate today that “the […]