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It's Time For Nonpartisan Leadership to Run State Elections
Editor's Note: This piece by Larry Diamond, Kevin Johnson, and Miles Rapoport originally published on The Hill, and has been republished with permission from the authors.Two secretaries of state were...
Critical Thinking and Critical Conversations: Real Political Leadership
County Commissioner Mark Jerrell joins host T. J. O’Hara on Deconstructed to discuss the challenges elected officials face as they try to expand voter participation, address social issues, and deal wi...
IVP Amicus to SCOTUS: Two-Party Control of POTUS Debates, Elections Hurts Our Republic
What is the biggest highlight of a presidential election? Is it the ideas or proposals presented by the candidates? Is it how the candidates appealed to the most voters possible by presenting thoughtf...
19 States Where It Is Never Too Late to Register to Vote
Editor's Note: This article originally appeared on The Fulcrum and has been republished on IVN with permission from the publisher.October is the last chance for most Americans to register if the...
These 34 States Are Making Voting Easier ahead of November
Editor's Note: This article originally appeared on The Fulcrum and has been republished on IVN with permission from the publisher.Voting in the presidential election ends in 40 days, and states ...
79% of State Legislative Incumbents Had No Primary Opposition this Year
In the 44 states with state legislative elections on Nov. 3, 2020, there are 5,875 state legislative seats on the ballot.This year, 4,994 incumbents sought re-election.[3] 20.4% (1,017) had a conteste...
It’s Common Sense: Let Californians Speak in a Safe Way
This is an independent opinion. Want to respond? Write your own commentary! Email hoa@ivn.us.The California Common Sense Party is attempting to be officially recognized, so that it can participate in ...
Will California Change Policing?
It’s crunch month for California legislators who promised sweeping reforms in response to the police killing of George Floyd and the protests his death unleashed.Yet some social justice advocates doub...
Should the State Investigate Local Police Shootings? California Rethinks its Resistance
If officers shot and killed Sean Monterrosa in Connecticut or New York — instead of in Vallejo, California — a state agency would investigate the June 2 incident, when a police officer reportedly mist...
These 24 States Have Already Made Voting Easier in 2020
Editor's Note: This article originally appeared on The Fulcrum and has been republished on IVN with permission from the publisher.With fewer than a hundred days to the presidential election, almost h...