Independent Voter News (Page 227)

Photo Finish: District 8 Primary Election Down To The Wire

UPDATE: With the final count, Antonio Martinez defeated Christian Ramirez by three votes. Original Story: Nearly three weeks after the fact, and we still have no finality to the City

By Jeff Powers

/ June 22, 2018

Photo Finish: District 8 Primary Election Down To The Wire

Congress Demands Answers: Pentagon Stonewalls on Child Sex Abuse

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA - Earlier this year, an investigation by the Associated Press revealed a disturbing sexual assault problem on some of the nation’s military bases around the world.

By Wendy Innes

/ June 22, 2018

Congress Demands Answers: Pentagon Stonewalls on Child Sex Abuse

Unrig the System? Reform Association Solicits “Breakthrough Projects” that Challenge Both Parties

The impressive momentum for progress in national electoral reform projects and campaigns owes much to the influential recent wins and viable initiatives underway across the country, including: * Maine voters upholding

By Jim Jonas

/ June 22, 2018

Unrig the System? Reform Association Solicits “Breakthrough Projects” that Challenge Both Parties

OPINION: A Periodic Come-From-Behind Win with Ranked Choice Voting Is The Whole Point

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF.- The San Francisco mayor’s race was a cliffhanger. After the initial tally of votes for San Francisco mayor, London Breed had 37%, Mark Leno had

By

John E Palmer

/ June 22, 2018

OPINION: A Periodic Come-From-Behind Win with Ranked Choice Voting Is The Whole Point

The San Francisco mayor’s race was a cliffhanger. After the initial tally of votes for San Francisco mayor, London Breed had 37%, Mark Leno had 24%. Then ranked-choice voting’s instant runoffs kicked in...

By

John E Palmer

/ June 22, 2018

Maine Ranked Choice Vote Proves Independent Voters Are NOT A Myth

Are Independent Voters Truly Independent, or Are They a Myth? Take the Survey For good reason, there is a lot of attention on Maine right now. I got to spend

By 420 Times

/ June 21, 2018

Maine Ranked Choice Vote Proves Independent Voters Are NOT A Myth

Lessons Learned from DC's Minimum Wage Vote

In the midst of all the national attention to the immigration crisis, voters in our Nation’s Capital went to the polls on Tuesday to vote on an initiative to

By Bryan Pruitt

/ June 21, 2018

Lessons Learned from DC's Minimum Wage Vote

Half of America's Healthcare Spending Goes to Sickest 5%

In 2016, Americans spent nearly as much on healthcare as Germans spent on everything. At $3.3 trillion dollars, America’s healthcare spending is almost as much as the entire

By Steven Moore

/ June 21, 2018

Half of America's Healthcare Spending Goes to Sickest 5%

You Thought Superdelegates Were Bad? DNC Invents Even More Ways to Block Bernie 2020

Now the Democrats can end Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign before it even begins. In an unanimous vote on June 8, the DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee gave the Democratic

By Nick Brana

/ June 21, 2018

You Thought Superdelegates Were Bad? DNC Invents Even More Ways to Block Bernie 2020

Clean Elections: The Latest Victim of Party Politics in Maine

The partisan bickering in the Legislature has claimed another victim: Clean Elections. In 1996, Maine voters decided they’d had enough with how campaigns were funded, and they passed the

By Crystal Canney

/ June 21, 2018

Clean Elections: The Latest Victim of Party Politics in Maine

All Blame, No Leadership: How Two-Party Warfare Created This Humanitarian Crisis

Last night as I pulled out of the driveway with my 10-year-old son and 7-year-old daughter in the truck, an NPR story was running the audio of crying kids at

By Joel Searby

/ June 20, 2018

All Blame, No Leadership: How Two-Party Warfare Created This Humanitarian Crisis

OPINION: Both Parties Have Exploited Racism for Political Gain

Throughout slavery, Reconstruction and the movement for civil rights, African Americans in the U.S. have faced racism, social disparities, and oppression. While things have advanced for us significantly, black

By 420 Times

/ June 20, 2018

OPINION: Both Parties Have Exploited Racism for Political Gain