Jeremy Gruber - Independent Voter News

1.2 Million New Yorkers Can't Vote. Mamdani Says He's 'Content' With That.

After two Charter Revision Commissions, five op-eds in one week, and a new poll blowing up the "donor scheme" narrative, independent voters are done waiting to be invited into the conversation.

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Jeremy Gruber

/ July 17, 2026

1.2 Million New Yorkers Can't Vote. Mamdani Says He's 'Content' With That.

South Carolina GOP Lost in the Legislature—Now They Want a Judge to Close the Primaries

After lawmakers refused to close the state’s primaries, Republican leaders in another state turned to federal court—joining a broader campaign to exclude independent voters from taxpayer-funded elections.

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Jeremy Gruber

/ July 10, 2026

South Carolina GOP Lost in the Legislature—Now They Want a Judge to Close the Primaries

Millions of Americans Declare Their Independence on America's 250th Birthday

As America celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, millions of independent voters are raising their voices to declare that the promise of 1776 belongs to every citizen.

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Jeremy Gruber

/ July 3, 2026

Group holding up American flags. On America's 250th birthday, millions of voters declare their independence.

NY Independents Watch DC Open Its Primaries and Ask: 'Why Not Us?'

In 2024, D.C. voters overwhelmingly approved ballot initiative 83 to open the city’s taxpayer-funded primary elections, with 73% of voters voting yes. But New York independent voters remained locked out in their state despite funding the elections.

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Jeremy Gruber

/ June 26, 2026

NY Independents Watch DC Open Its Primaries and Ask: 'Why Not Us?'

47% Independent: The Two-Party System Has Lost the Country It Claims to Represent

This growing shift raises a fundamental question: Can a system designed by partisans for partisans remain legitimate when the country is going independent?

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Jeremy Gruber

/ June 19, 2026

47% Independent: The Two-Party System Has Lost the Country It Claims to Represent

NYC Independents Turn Up the Heat on a System Built to Ignore Them

1.2 million independent voters in New York City are shut out of primary elections, and in a very blue city like NYC, the primaries are the ONLY elections that matter.

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Jeremy Gruber

/ June 12, 2026

The Myth of Independent Voter Apathy Dies in New Mexico

Independent voter turnout occurred despite virtually no government public education campaign to inform independents of their new voting rights

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Jeremy Gruber

/ June 5, 2026

The Myth of Independent Voter Apathy Dies in New Mexico

The Fight Over Open Primaries Is Now a Fight Over Who Owns Democracy

Something big is happening in the debate over open primaries - and the political narrative this primary election season is changing fast.

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Jeremy Gruber

/ May 29, 2026

The narrative on open primaries is changing. It is becoming the conversation on democracy and election reform.

Locked Out at the Polls: Pennsylvania’s 1.5 Million Independents Demand a Voice

Independent voters in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh showed up at polling places across Pennsylvania on Tuesday with a simple message: stop locking 1.5 million voters out of taxpayer-funded elections. But there's more!

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Jeremy Gruber

/ May 22, 2026

Independent voters showed up at the polls during the Pennsylvania primary to protest their exclusion in taxpayer-funded elections.

The Constitutionality of Closed Primaries Is One Big Step Closer to the Supreme Court

This week the Supreme Court denied cert in the case of Polelle v.Byrd; a case challenging Florida’s closed primary in the federal courts. It was not an unexpected

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Jeremy Gruber

/ October 15, 2025

The Constitutionality of Closed Primaries Is One Big Step Closer to the Supreme Court

SCOTUS Considers Challenge to Closed Primaries -- Here's Why It Is Such a Big Deal

In a dramatic step forward for litigation challenging closed primaries, the U.S. Supreme Court has indicated they are going to conference to discuss whether to grant a writ of certiorari to Polelle v. Florida Secretary of State; a case challenging Florida's closed primaries that Open Primaries has s

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Jeremy Gruber

/ September 26, 2025

SCOTUS Considers Challenge to Closed Primaries -- Here's Why It Is Such a Big Deal

A Recent Court Decision Could Reshape the Legal Battle over Closed Primaries

Litigation is often seen as a zero-sum game of wins and losses. In that lens, a recent 11th Circuit decision that upholds Florida’s closed primary system has been declared another win for political parties and closed primaries. But it’s the wrong framing.

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Jeremy Gruber

/ April 3, 2025

A Recent Court Decision Could Reshape the Legal Battle over Closed Primaries