> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://ivn.us/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Elon Musk Enters the Election Reform Chat - URL: https://ivn.us/elon-musk-enters-the-election-reform-chat/ - Published: 2026-08-12T18:28:40.000Z - Updated: 2026-08-12T18:28:40.000Z - Description: He's a player. It's the game. - Author: IVN Editorial Board - Tags: Weekly Newsletter The parties are playing offense everywhere this week: [Elon Musk has poured $1.5 million into repealing Alaska’s Top Four open primary](https://ivn.us/elon-musk-is-trying-to-kill-alaskan-voting-rights/), while the DNC votes Saturday to ban ranked choice voting in 2028 — making it official that [**both parties now oppose RCV, even where voters made it law**](https://ivn.us/its-official-both-parties-oppose-ranked-choice-voting/). Meanwhile, there's a wild \[sarcasm\] idea out of Sacramento: **the person who runs your elections shouldn’t be partisan.** Assemblymembers Josh Hoover and Natasha Johnson just introduced [a constitutional amendment to make California’s Secretary of State nonpartisan](https://ivn.us/california-amendment-introduced-to-take-party-politics-out-of-the-office-that-runs-elections/) — taking the office that administers elections out of party hands entirely. **The referee shouldn’t wear a jersey?** The bill really isn't about what's going on in California, frankly. Just look at Missouri, where [a partisan secretary of state just told voters they aren’t allowed to say no to partisan gerrymandering](https://ivn.us/missouri-drew-a-gerrymander-now-its-secretary-of-state-says-voters-cant-say-no/). Or [New York City, where the new City administration says 1.2 million voters don't have a right to vote in their taxpayer funded primaries](https://ivn.us/1-2-million-new-yorkers-cant-vote-mamdani-says-hes-content-with-that/). When the officials who control elections answer to a party first, **the voters are the ones who get overruled ...** [Every Time. Everywhere.](https://ivn.us/the-voting-rights-case-that-could-turn-both-parties-against-the-supreme-court/) Check out more stories that go outside the two-sided narrative below. ### *FEATURED ▶▶▶* ## Elon Musk is Trying to Kill Alaskan Voting Rights [![Elon Musk](https://storage.ghost.io/c/dc/be/dcbe1ac4-146f-43be-92a6-ea84728d86a6/content/images/2026/08/elon-musk-campaign-spending.jpg)](https://ivn.us/elon-musk-is-trying-to-kill-alaskan-voting-rights/) Cara McCormick reports: Elon Musk has funneled $1.5 million into the campaign to repeal Alaska’s Top Four open primary — **the system that lets every Alaskan vote in every taxpayer-funded election, regardless of party**. [READ FULL ARTICLE](https://ivn.us/elon-musk-is-trying-to-kill-alaskan-voting-rights/) ### *POPULAR ON IVN ▶▶▶* [California Amendment Introduced to Take Party Politics Out of the Office That Runs Elections ](https://ivn.us/california-amendment-introduced-to-take-party-politics-out-of-the-office-that-runs-elections/) By ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/dc/be/dcbe1ac4-146f-43be-92a6-ea84728d86a6/content/images/size/w30/2026/02/dJY12ln-_400x400.jpg) Shawn Griffiths [ ![California Amendment Introduced to Take Party Politics Out of the Office That Runs Elections](https://storage.ghost.io/c/dc/be/dcbe1ac4-146f-43be-92a6-ea84728d86a6/content/images/size/w320/2026/08/california-amendment-secretary-of-state-nonpartisan.jpg) ](https://ivn.us/california-amendment-introduced-to-take-party-politics-out-of-the-office-that-runs-elections/) [Pelosi Finally Reveals What She Told Biden Before He Dropped Out ](https://ivn.us/pelosi-finally-reveals-what-she-told-biden-before-he-dropped-out/) By ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/dc/be/dcbe1ac4-146f-43be-92a6-ea84728d86a6/content/images/size/w30/2026/02/Cara-McCormick-IVN.png) Cara Brown McCormick [ ![Pelosi Finally Reveals What She Told Biden Before He Dropped Out](https://storage.ghost.io/c/dc/be/dcbe1ac4-146f-43be-92a6-ea84728d86a6/content/images/size/w320/2026/08/nancy-pelosi-joe-biden.jpg) ](https://ivn.us/pelosi-finally-reveals-what-she-told-biden-before-he-dropped-out/) [It's Official: Both Parties Oppose Ranked Choice Voting ](https://ivn.us/its-official-both-parties-oppose-ranked-choice-voting/) By ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/dc/be/dcbe1ac4-146f-43be-92a6-ea84728d86a6/content/images/size/w30/2026/02/dJY12ln-_400x400.jpg) Shawn Griffiths [ ![It's Official: Both Parties Oppose Ranked Choice Voting](https://storage.ghost.io/c/dc/be/dcbe1ac4-146f-43be-92a6-ea84728d86a6/content/images/size/w320/2026/08/image-c02104ed-14f4-41c4-9a1a-8bd6579efde3.jpg) ](https://ivn.us/its-official-both-parties-oppose-ranked-choice-voting/) [The Republican Party Left Gen. Sarah Zabel—Now She’s Running Against It ](https://ivn.us/the-republican-party-left-gen-sarah-zabel-now-shes-running-against-it/) By ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/dc/be/dcbe1ac4-146f-43be-92a6-ea84728d86a6/content/images/size/w30/2026/05/matt-shinners.png) Matt Shinners [ ![The Republican Party Left Gen. Sarah Zabel—Now She’s Running Against It](https://storage.ghost.io/c/dc/be/dcbe1ac4-146f-43be-92a6-ea84728d86a6/content/images/size/w320/2026/08/Sarah-Zabel.png) ](https://ivn.us/the-republican-party-left-gen-sarah-zabel-now-shes-running-against-it/) [Missouri Drew a Gerrymander. Now Its Secretary of State Says Voters Can’t Say No. ](https://ivn.us/missouri-drew-a-gerrymander-now-its-secretary-of-state-says-voters-cant-say-no/) By ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/dc/be/dcbe1ac4-146f-43be-92a6-ea84728d86a6/content/images/size/w30/2026/02/dJY12ln-_400x400.jpg) Shawn Griffiths [ ![Missouri Drew a Gerrymander. Now Its Secretary of State Says Voters Can’t Say No.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/dc/be/dcbe1ac4-146f-43be-92a6-ea84728d86a6/content/images/size/w320/2026/08/image-4e4f1ee3-1f6c-44fd-944b-0a7a178a9e73.jpg) ](https://ivn.us/missouri-drew-a-gerrymander-now-its-secretary-of-state-says-voters-cant-say-no/) [Alabama GOP Wants Independents Out of Its Primaries ](https://ivn.us/alabama-gop-wants-independents-out-of-its-primaries/) By ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/dc/be/dcbe1ac4-146f-43be-92a6-ea84728d86a6/content/images/size/w30/2026/06/1517747530842.jpg) Jeremy Gruber [ ![Alabama GOP Wants Independents Out of Its Primaries](https://storage.ghost.io/c/dc/be/dcbe1ac4-146f-43be-92a6-ea84728d86a6/content/images/size/w320/2026/08/alabama-gop-closed-primaries.png) ](https://ivn.us/alabama-gop-wants-independents-out-of-its-primaries/) [The Case That Could Bring an End to Super PACs ](https://ivn.us/the-case-that-could-bring-an-end-to-super-pacs/) By ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/dc/be/dcbe1ac4-146f-43be-92a6-ea84728d86a6/content/images/size/w30/2026/02/Cara-McCormick-IVN.png) Cara Brown McCormick [ ![The Case That Could Bring an End to Super PACs](https://storage.ghost.io/c/dc/be/dcbe1ac4-146f-43be-92a6-ea84728d86a6/content/images/size/w320/2026/08/end-super-pacs.jpg) ](https://ivn.us/the-case-that-could-bring-an-end-to-super-pacs/) [In the Birthplace of the GOP, an Independent Is Coming for a Republican Seat ](https://ivn.us/in-the-birthplace-of-the-gop-an-independent-is-coming-for-a-republican-seat/) By ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/dc/be/dcbe1ac4-146f-43be-92a6-ea84728d86a6/content/images/size/w30/2026/05/matt-shinners.png) Matt Shinners [ ![In the Birthplace of the GOP, an Independent Is Coming for a Republican Seat](https://storage.ghost.io/c/dc/be/dcbe1ac4-146f-43be-92a6-ea84728d86a6/content/images/size/w320/2026/08/mike-thurow.jpeg) ](https://ivn.us/in-the-birthplace-of-the-gop-an-independent-is-coming-for-a-republican-seat/) ### *LATEST EPISODE ▶▶▶* ## Independent Voter Podcast We dig into the escalating battle between citizen-led direct democracy and entrenched political power — starting in Missouri, where **voters crushed a partisan power grab and the state blocked them anyway**. [WATCH NOW](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ageCmcqK96c&ref=ivn.us) ### *VIRAL ▶▶▶* ## Michigan’s New Senate Nominee Goes Off on John Fetterman — and Predicts He Won’t Run Again [![Michigan’s New Senate Nominee Goes Off on John Fetterman — and Predicts He Won’t Run Again](https://storage.ghost.io/c/dc/be/dcbe1ac4-146f-43be-92a6-ea84728d86a6/content/images/2026/08/ElSayed_Fetterman_Clip_Preview.png)](https://www.instagram.com/p/Db4KFhNj4qg/?ref=ivn.us) Will John Fetterman even run again in 2028? 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