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Trump Can Pass DACA and Build a Wall -- Just Not a Real One
As part of his campaign platform, then-candidate Trump called for a litany of immigration reforms, including his trademark cry for a “beautiful” wall along the US-Mexico border.Trump’s campaign, howev...
IVN Readers Pick The Most Independent Politicians of 2017
For many, 2017 was another tumultuous year in US politics, defined once more by the hyper-partisan divide on Capitol Hill and rhetoric in the media.As a result of the continued toxic political environ...
Why We Need Ranked Choice Voting to Protect the Will of Voters
A special city council meeting was recently held in Santa Fe, New Mexico to discuss the implementation of ranked choice voting (RCV). In March of 2008, voters in Santa Fe adopted a charter amendment t...
Under the Radar: Parties Collude Using Census to Trade Votes
There are many reasons to be thinking about the upcoming Census. Making sure it is properly funded and that there are as few undercounts as possible are two. We should be thinking just as hard, or per...
Roy Moore v. Doug Jones: The Duopoly Wins
Donald Trump said that elections are rigged. And he was right. He still is.But, for all his “drain the swamp” rhetoric, there is a major area of institutional corruption that he and his “Democratic” f...
N.M. Candidate Launches Campaign to Open Primaries and "Fix Our Democracy"
New Mexico entrepreneur and horse trainer Jarratt Applewhite could make history in the Land of Enchantment. He is running for State House District 50 as an independent, and if he wins he would be the ...
Ranked Choice Voting Scores Huge Legal Victory in New Mexico
Reformers earned a big win Wednesday.The ruling by Santa Fe District Court Judge David Thompson that Santa Fe must implement ranked choice voting (RCV) is the result of a lot of hard work and communit...
In Big Win for Federalism, "Magic" Mushrooms Up Next for CA Ballot?
Supporters of a 2018 ballot initiative to legalize psychedelic mushrooms in California were given the green light by the state attorney general's office earlier this month to circulate petitions and g...
Civil Asset Forfeiture: A Clear Threat to Property Rights in America
Property rights are fundamental in America – or at least they are supposed to be.Yet each year, prosecutors and law enforcement agencies seize hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of cars, homes, ca...
New Lawsuit Filed to Get Ranked Choice Voting in Santa Fe
The voters of Santa Fe, New Mexico, passed a ballot measure in 2008 saying the city should use ranked choice voting in city elections. The city still hasn’t implemented it.The supporters of ranked cho...