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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuiBaSuDULo President Donald Trump's Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity has come under heavy fire since its broad request for voter data on every registered voter in the US. The main target: Commission Vice Chair Kris Kobach. Here is a quick summary of what has happened in the last couple of weeks: * A growing list of Democrats are demanding Kobach's resignation. Meanwhile, he is under an investigation probe by the Kansas Supreme Court; *

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 Santa Fe voters elect the new mayor with ranked choice voting (RCV), an electoral reform that was approved by city voters 9 years ago and has yet to be implemented. In my op-ed featured in The New Mexican, I explained how RCV would ensure Santa Fe voters have more choice and a stronger voice in all

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 voters approved a local initiative to adopt ranked choice voting for local elections in 2008. Yet nearly 10 years later, they are still waiting for it to be implemented. So what's the hold up? Well, the city council recently decided to push the implementation of ranked choice voting back to an unspecified t

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 Party to a historic record high voter turnout of over 4 million votes in 2016. Johnson's campaign more than quadrupled the highest vote total the Libertarian Party had ever received for a presidential nominee, while the Republican and Democratic Parties both stalled at a twenty-year low. That result

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 voter data if it is publicly available per state law. Source: NBCNews.com Source: Forbes Source: Vox From the headlines alone, this seems like a major, bipartisan rejection of the commission's request for personal voter data. Except, the headlines are a bit misleading. Here is what you need to

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 100% of representation -- presents a challenge to candidates who are not the preferred choice of a majority of voters. The problem of under-representation is less acute in the U.S. House than statewide races, but is still significant. With the upcoming launch of the Fair Representation Act, legisl

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. President Enrique Peña Nieto published the law in the “Diario Oficial de la Federación” Thursday, which officially brought the bill into effect. Mexico’s new law decriminalizes the consumption and cultivation of marijuana for both medicinal and research purposes, as well as production and distribution with th

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 he was inspired to run and the race against Wasserman Schultz. They look at the class action lawsuit filed in Florida against Wasserman Schultz, and the numerous faux pas she’s made that have alienated a myriad of voters. Tim Canova announced on the evening of Thursday, June 15, that he intends to

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 use of closed primaries. The three-day debate was provoked by Young Turks reporter Nomiki Konst, after she tweeted a series of statements in support of open primaries. You can see part of the exchange here. https://twitter.com/NomikiKonst/status/874320664018268161 https://twitter.com/NomikiKonst/s

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 success, its only recourse may be through successful lawsuits against the state. New Mexico Open Primaries was founded by former Democratic state lawmaker Bob Perls. Though open primary reform is a chief initiative of the organization, Perls says his group also wants to see independent redistricting re