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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 ...
20 Jun, 2017
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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 ...
19 Jun, 2017
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2 min read
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 ...
16 May, 2017
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6 min read
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 ...
04 May, 2017
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3 min read
Independents Are Ready to #HackTheSenate in 2018
A recent Gallup poll listed ‘dissatisfaction with the government’ as the highest ranking problem facing Americans. They found that fewer than a third of Americans are happy with the direction the coun ...
13 Apr, 2017
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4 min read
Protecting Human Rights vs. Increased Trade Influence: The Pros and Cons of Withdrawing from the TPP
Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is a trade agreement between mostly Asia-Pacific countries. The original countries included the United States, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Canada, Peru, Australia, Brun ...
21 Mar, 2017
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4 min read
12 States Where Both Parties Are Suppressing the Right to Vote
At no time in history has the issue of “open v. closed primaries” been so prominent in the national discussion as it is today. This is, in large part, because Bernie Sanders made it a plank of his pre ...
10 Mar, 2017
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6 min read
Third Parties Ramp Up Fight Against Tenn. Ballot Access Barriers Ruled Unconstitutional
Third parties had their best showing in nearly two decades last November, but they still face major ballot access hurdles in future state elections across the country. Tennessee is a prime exampl ...
08 Mar, 2017
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3 min read
Another Top-Two Bill Advances in Illinois
On Wednesday, March 1, a nonpartisan, top-two bill proposed by Illinois state State Rep. Sara Jimenez (R) was assigned to Election and Campaign Finance Committee. The bill, HB3655, was originally ...
02 Mar, 2017
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Ditch the Good vs. Evil, Are the Values We Share Under Attack?
In years of Obama's presidency, and in the first 2 weeks of Trump's, people have asked me how to convince others to disown their favored president. With Trump already underwater in favorability rating ...
20 Feb, 2017
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8 min read