John Opdycke - Independent Voter News (Page 2)

Washington Isn’t Broken...It’s Fixed!

Welcome to The Pickle podcast. My ambitions are high. I want to interview political, reform, independent, business, creative, nonprofit, entrepreneurial, and cultural movers and shakers about the pickle we are

By John Opdycke

/ February 16, 2018

Open Primaries Movement Scores Major Victory in Florida

The open primaries movement won an important victory last week. Florida’s Constitutional Revision Commission—which comes into existence every 20 years—held public hearings over the past six months,

By John Opdycke

/ November 1, 2017

Open Primaries Movement Scores Major Victory in Florida

America's Independent Voters Treated Like Second-Class Citizens in Elections

"Morning Joe" is in mourning. The deceased is the Republican Party of balanced budgets and international restraint. MSNBC host and former Congressman Joe Scarborough announced last week that

By John Opdycke

/ July 21, 2017

America's Independent Voters Treated Like Second-Class Citizens in Elections

Fixing America's Broken Political System Begins with Opening the Primaries

DC politics has gone mad. Americans are now treated to a 24/7 freak show of government dysfunction, charges and countercharges, midnight tweets, and a myriad of other forms of

By John Opdycke

/ June 28, 2017

Fixing America's Broken Political System Begins with Opening the Primaries

"Our Revolution" Needs to Belong to the People, Not a Party

Bernie Sanders had a great run. He exceeded every expectation, mobilized millions, and changed the political conversation. He made the word revolution fashionable again. Now he’s focused on getting

By John Opdycke

/ August 3, 2016

"Our Revolution" Needs to Belong to the People, Not a Party

Why Won't Bernie Sanders Embrace Nonpartisan Election Reform?

On Thursday, Open Primaries President and CEO John Opdycke and Dr. Jessie Fields, a founding member of the Independent Party in New York City and Open Primaries board member, co-authored

By John Opdycke

/ August 21, 2015

Why Won't Bernie Sanders Embrace Nonpartisan Election Reform?

High Court Affirms Government Belongs to the People, Not Parties

This week, the Supreme Court rejected a challenge by the Arizona legislature, which was seeking to invalidate an Independent Redistricting Commission established by Arizonans through the initiative and referendum process.

By John Opdycke

/ July 8, 2015

High Court Affirms Government Belongs to the People, Not Parties

How Democrats Abandoned Independents and Empowered the Tea Party

I’ve been digesting the coverage of the government shutdown and find the punditry a combination of incomplete and short-sighted. Here’s a rough synopsis of most of what I’

By John Opdycke

/ October 10, 2013

How Democrats Abandoned Independents and Empowered the Tea Party

Independents Are Growing in Number and Stature

I read an article in the NY Times last week that surprised me. It started out as a scathing, if somewhat predictable, exposé of the consequences of unfettered Republican rule

By John Opdycke

/ August 27, 2013

Independents Are Growing in Number and Stature

Democratic Faction Seeks to Close Hawaii Primary Elections

For the past six years, a faction within the Democratic Party of Hawaii has been angling to close the primaries to independent voters. Senator Daniel Inouye strongly argued against such

By John Opdycke

/ July 17, 2013