California's nonpartisan primary gives independent voters real decision-making power. All voters, regardless of their political party, can cast a vote for any candidate. California is only one of three states that treat every voter and every candidate exactly the same.
La primaria no partidista de California le da a los votantes independientes un poder real de decisión. Todos los votantes, sin importar su partido político, pueden emitir un voto por cualquier candidato.
Ask most Americans whether people should have to show ID before voting, and about 83% say yes, including majorities of Democrats, Republicans, and independents.
On Bill Maher’s HBO show last week, Maryland Gov. Wes Moore took aim at closed primary systems, saying the process “has run its course” and noted that the fastest growing segment of the US electorate are independent voters.
The 115-year-old election system that Fox News and Sacramento operatives from both major parties are calling chaotic was specifically designed to stop the kind of party control they're now trying to claw back
In this must-listen episode of the Independent Voter Podcast, Cara Brown McCormick has a one-on-one conversation with former California State Senator and Independent Voter Project Co-Founder Steve Peace to break down what happened in the California governor’s debate.
California's San Quentin Rehabilitation Center officially opened a new Media Center this month, placing microphones, cameras, and printing equipment into the hands of incarcerated residents and training them to use them.
Chad Peace of the Independent Voter Project sat down this week with Crystal Newton and Scott Gavorsky on their podcast 775 Alive, a Nevada-based show that takes the kind of local civic questions most political media glosses over and really digs into them.
Primary elections in Washington, DC, are coming up in June. However, while three-quarters of the city’s electorate voted for them to be open to independent voters, they won’t be – because city officials refuse to make the switch from a closed partisan system.
Independent voters in New Mexico will be able to participate in the state’s primary elections in 2026 without first joining a major political party — and one reform group is launching a statewide campaign to make sure they know it.
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Cara Brown McCormick
Shawn Griffiths
Chad Peace
Independent Voter Podcast
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