Editor's note: This piece originally appeared on The Free and Equal Elections Foundation's website and has been republished on IVN with permission from the authors. ‍ Last week’s showdown between the sitting U.S. President and his opponent was an exhausting production that played into the divisiveness of our country, rather than focusing on solutions. Since 2008, we have been sounding the alarm on the two party system’s control of Presidential debates, while creating alternative platforms tha...

Ballot Access News posted a rebuttal to a claim made by supporters of the upcoming Top Two Open Primary ballot initiative.  CAIVN has reprinted the press release, dated January 27, for readers: Defenders of the California “top-two open primary” frequently say that their idea would help minor parties. To bolster this argument, they frequently assert that if “top-two” were in effect, Greens would be likely to place first or second in San Francisco in the first round of a “top-two” election for pa...

Over at Free & Equal, ballot access expert, Richard Winger, delivered a point-by-point rebuttal of Jonathan Alter's advocacy of a top-two, open primary system in Newsweek.  Here is the full text of Winger's press release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Newsweek Column Spreads Common Misconceptions About "Top-Two" Primaries  Ballot Access Expert Richard Winger Writes Editorials Against Measure In June of 2010, the voters of California will vote on a measure to institute a Washington-Style "Top-Two" Prima...