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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, Georgia for gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams, Oprah emphasized the importance of getting out to vote over any partisan or policy message. Independents across the country let out a collective, hell yes! Oprah The Independent Winfrey announced why she is not beholden to the two-party dysfunction

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, alienated voters, and a political culture spiraling ever downward. While true, that narrative is incomplete. It misses the remarkable energy building across many states to confront these problems, shore up our democracy, and rebuild our political culture. Nowhere is that energy more apparent than in the

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 called out what he sees as corruption in the Kansas government, saying politicians have "sold our government." The discussion came up after moderators played one of his TV ads: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlYl79pw9DE The moderators asked Orman if he stood by his use of the word "corruption" to describ

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 endorsement ahead of the November 6 election. Clean Missouri announced that the Joplin Globe joined a large trans-partisan list of endorsements to Amendment 1 that also includes 6 other newspapers: Columbia Daily Tribune, Jefferson County Leader, Kansas City Star,  St. Louis American,  St. Louis Post-Dispat

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 poor odds against his campaign winning the election and preventing the candidate he least wants to win from getting elected. "With more time, I am confident that [Lieutenant Gov. Valerie Davidson] and I could deliver a message and a campaign that could earn a victory in this election," Walker wrote in

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 of its latest poll for KFI AM 640 (KFI-NBC) Wednesday. There are three races of interest in particular: * The odds of California voters electing the first independent -- Steve Poizner -- to statewide office are increasing; * Gavin Newsom maintains his lead over John Cox, though his advantage with N

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NteNMmaFosU KANSAS 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-presidential federal elections in Maine, to game-changing gerrymandering reform measures on the ballot in 4 states. Independent Kansas gubernatorial candidate Greg Orman says his state is in need of similar systemic reform -- to change a system that serves Republican and Democratic Parties above voters. "I

In California, Proposition 8 and Proposition 10 are both ranking very high on both Ballotpedia's page views.  Ballotpedia's Sarah Rosier and IVN's Lindsay France take a look at the politics involved with the help of IVN's 2018 Voter Survey. Check out the methodology here. Also, a few major independent candidates are getting traction online and in polls; California's Steve Poizner and Kansas's Greg Orman are political veterans who are turning the game on its head and gaining massive support. Pl

I. The State of Self-Driving Car Technology and The Possibilities In the 1990 film, Total Recall (starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sharon Stone), the protagonist played by the now former governor of California hails a self-driving car with a humanoid, robotic attendant sitting where a human driver would. What makes the surreal scene eerily prophetic is how Schwarzenegger asks the AI cab driver questions like one might ask Alexa, Siri, or Google's voice assistant, and the "Johnny Cab" sasses

The 2018 primary season will go down in history.A record number of women secured party nominations, including the headline-making upsets by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ayanna Pressley. Retiring incumbents drew large numbers of diverse candidates competing for the open seat. Voter turnout peaked in several states and districts with competitive primaries.Topping the highlight reel was Maine, which became the first state in the country to use ranked choice voting in its June primary, with plans to