In a unanimous 8-0 decision Monday, the Supreme Court upheld the constitutional principle of “one person, one vote,” meaning that Texas will continue to count the total population – rather than just the eligible voting population – in drawing their legislative districts. The plaintiffs in Evenwel v. Abbott, backed by a conservative advocacy group, contended that Texas' State Senate districts are malapportioned. Plaintiffs said that when the Supreme Court established the principle of “one person...

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court denied the Montana Republican Party's request to close the 2016 primaries to registered members of the party. Montana has been an open primary state since 1912, meaning that voters do not have to be a registered member of a party to vote in statewide primary elections. In their appeal to the Supreme Court, attorneys for the Republican Party argued that the system hurts the party by allowing nonmembers to vote in "their" taxpayer-funded primaries, thus violating t...

Today, Arizona voters are headed to the polls to decide which presidential candidates they prefer to take the 58 delegates in the Republican contest and 75 delegates on the Democratic contest. However, more than 1.2 million citizens in Arizona – more than a third of all registered voters in the state – won't be allowed to cast a ballot. The presidential preference election (PPE) is only open to members of the Democratic, Republican, and Green parties, meaning that voters registered as independe...

The New Times Broward-Palm Beach reported Wednesday that Tim Canova, who is challenging DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz for her congressional seat in Florida's twenty-third district, was told by a state party executive that he will not have access to the Democratic Party's voter files because, according to the official, anyone running against an incumbent is not allowed access to that data. The DNC came under fire in December when it denied U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders access to the party's ...

If anything can be said about the current presidential primary season, it's been dramatic -- from Trump swaying the GOP electorate with blustering rhetoric to the tight contest between Sanders and Clinton on the Democratic side. And a recent survey shows that all the excitement has driven voters to the polls in numbers rarely seen in a primary race. The Pew Research Center confirms that both Democrats and Republicans are seeing higher than usual turnout during this primary season. The Democrats...

Not long after polls closed in New Hampshire Tuesday night, Donald Trump and U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders were declared the winners of their respective primary contests. As of the publication of this article, Sanders secured 59% of the Democratic primary vote while Trump won a commanding victory with 34%. Looking at New Hampshire polls, the results aren't a huge surprise. The last polls leading up to primary day showed Sanders with a double-digit lead over Clinton. Trump has dominated the Republ...

Correction Update: The article originally said C. Michael Pickens is the chairman of the Libertarian Party. He is a former state chairman. The current chair is Steve Nielson. The article has been corrected. Former Washington Libertarian Party (LPWA) Chairman C. Michael Pickens believes that the nonpartisan, top-two primary is the best system in the country to get Libertarians elected to office. Pickens cites recent successes party candidates have had in Washington state to make his point. In m...

On Thursday, the sixth anniversary of the controversial Citizens United decision, U.S. Rep. Scott Peters (D-Calif.) held a press conference at North Clairemont Community Park in San Diego with CalPIRG to express support for campaign finance reform. Peters called for an amendment to overturn the 2010 Supreme Court ruling in Citizens United v. FEC, the decision that struck down legal limits on the amount of money corporations, labor unions, and certain special interest groups can spend on electio...

It seems that supporters of Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders have given their response to Hillary Clinton's newest line of attack. The Sanders team reports that his campaign pulled in about $1.4 million in just 24 hours, nearly quadrupling their daily average. “Thanks, Team Clinton,” says Michael Briggs, spokesman for the Sanders campaign. The surge in contributions comes in the wake of interviews and speeches by Mrs. Clinton in which she questioned his electability in a genera...