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Louisiana Statewide Race Decided by 17% of Voters, But There Is an "Instant" Solution
Louisiana held a special election for secretary of state in December, since no candidate got over 50% of the vote on Election Day. Yet, despite the fact that over 50% of registered voters turned out i ...
15 Jan, 2019
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The Uses of Independent Power: What Happened on Election Day and Why
This is my post-election column where I analyze the impact of independent voters who came out in force last Tuesday, almost 34 million of us. Huge. The stats and takeaways are at the end of this colum ...
14 Nov, 2018
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Beyond the Midterms: Independents in History
I am neither a Democrat nor a Republican. I am an independent who believes that at this moment of partisan dysfunction and division that the health of American democracy depends on the capacity o ...
12 Nov, 2018
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Dawn Of The Independent: Oprah, Hayes, Poizner Fueling "People's Party" Movement
San Diego, Calif.- Oprah Winfrey is a registered independent, wait... what?The cultural icon said she has "earned the right to think for myself and to vote for myself."At a rally in Marietta, Geo ...
03 Nov, 2018
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Forget Red Wave, Forget Blue Wave, This is The Best Year for Pro-Voter Election Reform in 50 Years
Amid all the divisive ugliness inside the Beltway, here is some good news: 2018 may well be the best year in a half century for election reform. Today’s narrative laments a crumbling democracy, aliena ...
01 Nov, 2018
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Independent Greg Orman Calls Out Partisan Corruption: "We Have Sold Our Government"
WICHITA, KAN. - The three candidates in the Kansas governor's election shared the same stage Tuesday during the KSNT gubernatorial debate. During the debate, independent candidate Greg Orman call ...
30 Oct, 2018
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Amendment 1 to Clean Up Missouri Politics Endorsed by 7 Newspapers
JEFFERSON CITY, MISSOURI - The Clean Missouri campaign released a press release Friday announcing that their proposed good government constitutional amendment picked up its seventh newspaper endorseme ...
26 Oct, 2018
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The Two-Party Duopoly Just Forced Out America’s Only Independent Governor
There is only one governor in the US with an "I" next to their name: Alaska Governor Bill Walker. However, Walker announced late Friday that he has suspended his bid for re-election -- citing the ...
21 Oct, 2018
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New Poll: Gas Tax Even, Poizner Lead Widens, Newsom Maintains Advantage
LOS ANGELES, CALIF. - We are just 20 days away from the November midterms, and California polls continue to show a historic election in the making.Thomas Partners Strategies released the results ...
17 Oct, 2018
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Candidate for Governor: We Need Independent Primaries and Ranked Choice Voting
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NteNMmaFosUKANSAS CITY, KAN. - It has been a historic year for election reform, from ranked choice voting being used for the first time in statewide and non-presidentia ...
12 Oct, 2018
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