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Crowded GOP Field to Take the Stage at Republican Primary Debate
The first round of the Republican primary debates will be held Thursday night at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. The field of Republican presidential candidates stands at 17, but only 10 will ...
Chris Christie Is Coming To Take Your Pot Away
This week, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie told residents in states where recreational marijuana use is legal to smoke their weed now because when he is president he will enforce federal laws.In a town...
The Story Behind Why You Have to Pay for Party Primaries
As Bob Conner reported for IVN in 2014, New Jersey’s independents spent approximately $100 million to pay for primaries in which they could not vote between 2000 and 2013. The obvious question is...
#ICYMI: A Roundup of Nonpartisan Voting Rights News – July 24, 2015
This week’s offerings are from California, New Jersey, Texas, Florida and Oklahoma. Different topics all tied together. Thanks for reading! Change election laws? That’s the question before Christ...
Actual Support for Donald Trump Just 4%
The big story this week was how Donald Trump, aka The Donald, pulled ahead of the crowded Republican field by taking the lead in the latest poll. POLITICO's headline read: Donald Trump leads GOP field...
Independent Voter Project: Courts Are Moving in Right Direction on Voting Rights
On Thursday, July 9, 2015, the Florida Supreme Court discarded parts of Florida’s congressional district maps, saying that state legislators had violated a provision of the Florida constitution prohib...
#ICYMI: A Roundup of Nonpartisan Voting Rights News - July 10, 2015
Hey there. Here’s my latest offering and take on a number of items related to nonpartisan issues and voter reform efforts from around the nation. From the Supreme Court ruling on redistricting commiss...
Sorry, New York Times, You Don't Get The Voting Rights Issue Either
On Thursday, the New York Times Editorial Board published a scathing op-ed calling out Republican New Jersey Governor Chris Christie (who is also running for president in 2016) for his threat to veto ...
Independent Voter Project to SCOTUS: Parties Should Not Have Power over the People
Introduction to the Petition for Writ of Certiorari to the Supreme CourtISSUE: Whether a New Jersey statute mandating that otherwise qualified voters join one of two particular political parties as a ...
Petition to SCOTUS Says Closed Primaries Are Unconstitutional
A coalition led by the Independent Voter Project (IVP) filed a petition for Writ of Certiorari with the Supreme Court of the United States on Tuesday in a case challenging the constitutionality of New...