Jeff Marston - Independent Voter News

Reginald Jones - Leading Neighborhood Innovation in San Diego

Reginald Jones, president and CEO of Jacobs Center for Neighborhood Innovation, , speaks to Jeff about the needs and solutions for San Diego urban communities and how the Jacobs Center continues

By Jeff Marston

/ March 11, 2021

Reginald Jones - Leading Neighborhood Innovation in San Diego

The Inauguration Special: Honoring George Mitrovich

"The man who knew everyone", George Mitrovich

By Jeff Marston

/ January 20, 2021

The Inauguration Special: Honoring George Mitrovich

‍ Friends and family join Jeff Marston to honor San Diego's own George Mitrovich in celebration of the inauguration of the 46th President, Joseph R. Biden, Jr. (Originally Aired

By Jeff Marston

/ January 20, 2021

Dr. Cynthia Burke - Mindfulness for the Year 2021

Dr. Cynthia Burke is a well-known and well-respected psychologist with great advice on why mindfulness is so important going into the New Year.

By Jeff Marston

/ January 13, 2021

Dr. Cynthia Burke - Mindfulness for the Year 2021

Op-ed: Kavanaugh Fight Shows We're Divided By Mutual Loathing. But It's Not That Simple

San Diego, CALIF.- Why are voters leaving political parties and becoming independents? A major concern has been the political, and now very personal rancor elevated from both the right

By Jeff Marston

/ October 11, 2018

Op-ed: Kavanaugh Fight Shows We're Divided By Mutual Loathing. But It's Not That Simple

Measures K&L: San Diego Election Reform

The most important ballot fight this November for City of San Diego voters is over Measures K&L. Yes on Measures K and L will align San Diego with

By Jeff Marston

/ October 12, 2016

Undemocratic San Diego Primaries Exclude Vast Majority of Voters

Democracy works best when the greatest number of people participate. It is on the basis of that core belief that the Independent Voter Project wrote Prop. 14, a ballot measure

By Jeff Marston

/ May 10, 2016

Undemocratic San Diego Primaries Exclude Vast Majority of Voters

Bill to Reimburse CA Taxpayers for Special Elections Fails in Assembly Committee

An on-going philosophical tug of war exists between disgruntled taxpayers and legislators who on the one hand, are working hard for their constituents, while on the other, suddenly find themselves

By Jeff Marston

/ April 20, 2016

Bill to Reimburse CA Taxpayers for Special Elections Fails in Assembly Committee

From Superdelegates to Brokered Conventions, Both Parties Really Don't Care What Voters Think

I’m a life-long Republican who hasn’t yet made up his mind for whom I’m voting for in California’s June presidential primary. I’m also co-chair of

By Jeff Marston

/ March 18, 2016

From Superdelegates to Brokered Conventions, Both Parties Really Don't Care What Voters Think

Op-Ed: California A 'No Party State' under Nonpartisan Election Reforms

On Thursday, March 10, Sherry Bebitch Jeffe and Douglas Jeffe published a column in Reuters about the impact nonpartisan election reforms are having in California, including independent redistricting and the

By Jeff Marston

/ March 11, 2016

Op-Ed: California A 'No Party State' under Nonpartisan Election Reforms

Virginia Officials Are Telling Voters to Lie to Poll Workers or Don't Vote

As Democrats and Republicans begin the march into their respective primary seasons, numerous sub-plots are developing. However, relative to the rights of voters to simply participate, what’s happening in

By Jeff Marston

/ January 25, 2016

Virginia Officials Are Telling Voters to Lie to Poll Workers or Don't Vote

Independent Voter Project Appreciates President's Support of Civility and Voter Rights in Final SOTU

This week, President Obama delivered his seventh and last State of the Union address. Regardless of where one stands on his policies/politics, he gives one hell of a speech.

By Jeff Marston

/ January 14, 2016

Independent Voter Project Appreciates President's Support of Civility and Voter Rights in Final SOTU