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New Political Movement Aims to Unite America with National Slate of Independent Candidates
Unite America, formerly the Centrist Project, announced Tuesday a historic national slate of independent candidates running for governor and US Senate.The 5 candidates on the slate include: Incumbent...
Two-Party Brain Drain: Why The Nation's Brightest Minds are Fleeing The Parties
In the study of migration patterns, scholars often times point to different “push” and “pull” factors that have influenced migration trends over time.Historically, the free market structure of the Uni...
Opioids at CPAC - The Ultimate Nonpartisan Issue
Eric Bolling climbed onto the main stage at CPAC and delivered what no one ever wants to have to say."I am an accidental opioid expert."What followed was part eulogy and part straight-up retelling of ...
Republican Congressional Candidate Stumps For "Direct Democracy?"
Michael Allman would not be the first politician to attempt a successful campaign based on the idea of "Direct Democracy," but he is the latest. And perhaps most surprising, he is a Republican running...
Why Local Elections Are Now Just As Partisan As National Elections
In a democracy, the people have the power, but only if they choose to wield it. With the mercurial state of America’s representative system in recent elections, it’s becoming clear that more involveme...
Independent Bob Krist Fights Back Against One of the Worst Ballot Access Laws in America
Welcome to one of our weekly posts, Independent Action, where we let you know the important moves independent candidates and organizations made over the past week. This week we will be discussing Greg...
State of the Union Addresses Are Stupid
Sound the Independent Thought Alarm!We've got a live one here!It's funny that you won't hear just about anyone say it anywhere else, not even a lot of independent voters. It's funny because people tre...
New Energy Fuels Explosive Momentum to Elect Independents in 2018
We are seeing new energy in our campaign to elect independent candidates nationwide.The Associated Press on Thursday featured the Centrist Project's efforts to recruit and support independent candidat...
Top Election Reformers Join Forces to Fix What Hyper-Partisanship Has Broken
Last weekend’s brief shutdown of our federal government pointed to the hyper-partisanship and paralysis that plagues our federal government.“Why,” wonder many people, “can’t these people just stop arg...
Broad Coalition of National Election Reform Groups Unite to Challenge Two-Party Duopoly
To focus the combined strengths, skills, and experience of some of the nation’s leading election reform organizations toward increasing voter participation and electoral competition, a prominent group...