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Our Revolution Says It Will Mobilize Over A Million CA Voters to Support Prop 50
The national progressive organization that spawned from Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign has now set its sights on Proposition 50 in California and says it will mobilize 1.2 million contacts statewide in support of a proposed legislative gerrymander....
24 Sep, 2025
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Veterans for All Voters Launches “Take the Oath Challenge”
Veterans are once again answering the call to serve, not overseas but here at home, to help heal America’s broken politics. Veterans for All Voters, a coalition of more than 700 active veteran volunteers, has officially launched the Take the Oath Challenge, a nationwide effort to reaffirm the enduring promise at the heart of military and public service: the oath to the Constitution.
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24 Sep, 2025
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Oklahoma City Mayor: Open Primaries Are How We Get the Crazy Out of Politics
Oklahoma City Mayor David Holt is in a rare position in Oklahoma. He is a popular Republican mayor in a deep red, closed primary state that is making the case for primaries open to all voters and candidates, despite his party’s opposition to reform....
23 Sep, 2025
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Soros Fuels $100M Partisan Showdown to Control California Maps
Proposition 50, the special election measure in California to adopt a new legislative-drawn congressional map, is becoming the most controversial ballot measure in recent history – and it is attracting more than just attention....
22 Sep, 2025
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South Carolina Justices Say Politicians Can Keep Picking Their Voters
The South Carolina Supreme Court has closed the door on a challenge to the state’s 2022 congressional map, ruling in a unanimous 5–0 opinion that partisan gerrymandering claims cannot be resolved by the courts....
19 Sep, 2025
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Totally Uncool: There's a $10 Billion Problem with California Prisons
When California lawmakers extended indoor heat protections for workers across California last year, unfortunately, they stopped at the prison gate, leaving tens of thousands of correctional officers and thousands of their coworkers to clock in for their shifts in record-breaking heat with no guaranteed safeguards....
18 Sep, 2025
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PODCAST: Charlie Kirk’s Tragedy is a Reason to Self-Reflect
The shocking assassination of Charlie Kirk has shaken the country and highlighted just how fractured our democracy has become. On this episode of the Independent Voter Podcast, Chad Peace and Cara McCormick reflect on the moment, drawing comparisons to the unity the nation felt after 9/11 and asking whether independent-minded reforms could help bring Americans back together....
18 Sep, 2025
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Colorado Voter Registration Data Shows Independents Now the Majority
Colorado has reached a new milestone in voter registration: unaffiliated voters now make up more than half of the electorate....
17 Sep, 2025
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One of California's Biggest Unions Just Endorsed Prop 50; Promises Retribution for Medicaid Cuts
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The United Domestic Workers (UDW/AFSCME Local 3930), one of California’s largest...
17 Sep, 2025
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Oklahoma GOP Fails To Block Open Primaries Initiative from Going Before Voters
The Oklahoma Supreme Court on Tuesday unanimously rejected a challenge to a proposed ballot initiative that would open taxpayer-funded primary elections to all candidates and voters, regardless of party affiliation – paving the way for the signature petition process to begin....
17 Sep, 2025
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Schwarzenegger Enters CA Redistricting Fight, Says Prop 50 Shifts Power from Voters to Politicians
Former Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is stepping back into California politics with a warning about Proposition 50. He urges voters to reject the November measure, which would pause the state’s independent, citizen-drawn congressional map and substitute a Legislature-written plan for the 2026, 2028, and 2030 cycles....
17 Sep, 2025
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Forward Party Joins Petition to SCOTUS Against State of Florida
Right now, the divide between the Republican and Democratic Parties appears beyond repair. The political rhetoric is toxic, the nation’s leadership puts party gain before lasting solutions, and few voters actually feel heard by the people elected to represent them. At a time when it seems things will only get worse from here, the Independent Voter Project filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court along with Open Primaries and the Forward Party in support of a lawsuit that targets one of the biggest culprits behind all of this....
16 Sep, 2025
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