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City Attorney Candidate Gil Cabrera Gets Key Endorsement
San Diego, Calif. - Gil Cabrera is one of five attorney’s running to replace Jan Goldsmith as the next city attorney for San Diego. Cabrera got an enormous boost in distancing himself from the pa...
Lawsuit Challenges Superdelegate Ballot Stuffing in New Jersey County
Ocean County “Anti-Corruption Democrats” have filed a federal lawsuit against the county Democratic committee and its leaders challenging the legality of the party’s endorsement vote, along with an al...
California Secretary of State's Office Fails Voters
I served 20 years in the California legislature so I am not without familiarity with the reality of the bubble that politicians live in or the sometimes surrealistic view of the public that is manufac...
Beyond the Headlines: Party Bosses Say Independents Shouldn't Be Allowed to Vote
As events from this past week portray, there is a growing divide between the leadership within the two major political parties and members of the American public.While other establishment candidates h...
An Independent's Case against Open Primaries
There is little doubt that the major national parties have, on the whole, behaved atrociously this election season. On the Republican side, there have been loyalty pledges, insubstantial RNC-arra...
Corruption, Super PACs, and Why the Media Hasn't Covered Democracy Spring
Twenty-nine seconds: according to Lee Fang and Zaid Jilani of The Intercept, this is how much time cable news networks Fox News and MSNBC devoted to daytime and afternoon TV coverage of...
Introducing The Public Primary: Protecting the Rights of Voters While Giving Them More Choices
FairVote believes that every vote should matter and be heard in every public election. The fundamental goal of any primary election system should be to help foster a general election that wi...
California Bill to Allow Open Presidential Primaries Fails Passage of Key Committee
SACRAMENTO, CALIF. – The Independent Voter Project (IVP) announced Wednesday that ACR-145, sponsored by Assemblymember Kristin Olsen (R-Modesto) and Senator Anthony Cannella (R-Ceres), which woul...
Over 15,000 CA Voters Ask Sec. of State Padilla to Allow All Voters Equal Access to Presidential Primaries
(Sacramento, CA) - The petition signatures of more than 15,000 voters have been delivered to California Secretary of State Alex Padilla in support of resolution ACR 145, asking his office to provide ...
Prediction: Trump Will Pick New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez for VP
With 19 wins and well over 700 delegates under his belt, the race for the Republican presidential nomination is looking good for Donald Trump. Barring a contested convention or maneuvering f...