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Santa Fe Voters Need (and Deserve) Ranked Choice Voting
Santa Fe Voters Need (and Deserve) Ranked Choice Voting
For the first time in Santa Fe, New Mexico history, there will be a full-time mayor elected in March of 2018 with additional powers, duties, and a higher salary. It is important that the majority of S...
10 Years Later, Santa Fe Continues to Deny Voters Ranked Choice Voting
10 Years Later, Santa Fe Continues to Deny Voters Ranked Choice Voting
SANTA FE, N.M. - The majority of Santa Fe voters sent a message to city officials in 2008: They want a change to the way local elections are conducted. They want ranked choice voting.City vo...
Gary Johnson Is Returning to Politics
Gary Johnson Is Returning to Politics
Gary Johnson, the two-term Republican governor of New Mexico and twice nominated Libertarian Party presidential contender, is making his return to politics this Summer after leading the Libertarian Pa...
44 States Stand Up to the White House? Not Quite...
44 States Stand Up to the White House? Not Quite...
The biggest headline this week on President Donald Trump's election integrity commission is that 44 states plus DC have partly or fully rejected the commission's request for a broad array of personal ...
How the Fair Representation Act Would Empower Voters in the Southwest
How the Fair Representation Act Would Empower Voters in the Southwest
The United States continues to fall short in fairly reflecting its diversity in elected offices. Our widespread use of a winner-take-all rule -- that is, one where the biggest group of voters can win ...
Mexico's Cultural War on Drugs Takes a Major Step Forward
Mexico's Cultural War on Drugs Takes a Major Step Forward
Mexico has decriminalized marijuana for both medicinal and research purposes.About two months ago, Mexican legislators approved the proposal by an overwhelming majority in both chambers. Presiden...
IVN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Meet the Man Battling Debbie Wasserman Schultz
IVN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Meet the Man Battling Debbie Wasserman Schultz
T.J. O’Hara, IVN’s podcast host, is joined by Tim Canova. Last year Tim Canova ran against then-DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz, in South Florida’s 23rd Congressional District.The two discuss how h...
Closed Primaries Hurt America's Largest Generation the Most
Closed Primaries Hurt America's Largest Generation the Most
You know you’ve made it when you become the subject of a Twitter war.Over the weekend, DNC establishment figures took to the Twittersphere to duke it out with progressive activists over the Party’s us...
Upcoming Lawsuit: New Mexico Closed Primaries Violate State Constitution
Upcoming Lawsuit: New Mexico Closed Primaries Violate State Constitution
One group is working hard to bring comprehensive election reform to New Mexico, including open primaries, independent redistricting, and ballot access reform. However, due to the limited paths to...
Congress Effectively Legalizes Medical Marijuana at the Federal Level
Congress Effectively Legalizes Medical Marijuana at the Federal Level
Last week, Congress avoided a government shutdown by agreeing to a continuing resolution to keep the federal government funded for another week.Then over the weekend, US lawmakers agreed to a deal tha...