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Nonpartisan Reformers Summit: Planning the Future of Stronger, Fairer, More Accountable Elections
Nonpartisan Reformers Summit: Planning the Future of Stronger, Fairer, More Accountable Elections
The most critical movement right now in the US is to give voters an election system that is accountable, competitive, and free of corruption. Hundreds of organizations across the country are working t...
Electoral Count Act Reform Still Needed for Free and Fair Presidential Elections
Electoral Count Act Reform Still Needed for Free and Fair Presidential Elections
Editor's Note: This article, written by David Levins, originally published on The Fulcrum and has been re-published on IVN with permission from the publisher. Levine is an elections integrity fel...
The Election Wave No One Is Talking About
The Election Wave No One Is Talking About
While there’s lots of talk about “red waves” and “blue waves,” what really deserves the headlines is the “reform wave” that’s sweeping the country. From coast to coast, election reform was on the b...
Here Are the States with the Highest Voter Turnout in 2022
Here Are the States with the Highest Voter Turnout in 2022
Editor's Note: This article originally published on The Fulcrum and has been republished on IVN with permission from the publisher. Four years ago, when the nation headed to the polls in the middle...
Ranked Choice Voting Emerges in More States after Midterm Elections
Ranked Choice Voting Emerges in More States after Midterm Elections
The momentum behind ranked choice voting continues to grow across the US and has spread to new states after several jurisdictions adopted its use in the 2022 elections. RCV is the fastest growing n...
What Is the Independent State Legislature Theory?
What Is the Independent State Legislature Theory?
The date has been set for oral argument in Moore v. Harper, a Supreme Court (SCOTUS) case that could have lasting implications on how state legislative action on federal elections can be challenged. S...
One Measure at A time: The 2022 Revolt Against Rigged Elections
One Measure at A time: The 2022 Revolt Against Rigged Elections
Another Election Day is quickly approaching in the US, and many voters have an opportunity to add their voices to the growing repudiation of an election system that has failed to represent and provide...
2022 Primaries Highlight Worsening Effect of Minority Rule
2022 Primaries Highlight Worsening Effect of Minority Rule
US primaries can be summed up in two words: Minority rule.  A new report from FairVote found that 120 major party candidates in statewide and congressional primary elections won with less than...
Bill Shireman Believes We're All 'In This Together'
Bill Shireman Believes We're All 'In This Together'
Bill Shireman, founder of In This Together, joins host T.J. O’Hara on Deconstructed to discuss the divisive political environment within which we find ourselves... and what can be done about it. M...
6 Democrat v. Democrat Races That Could Change California
6 Democrat v. Democrat Races That Could Change California
Early voting in California is quickly approaching for the 2022 election cycle. In most elections, voters will choose among candidates from two different parties -- but in several districts -- the “top...