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Independent, Third Party Candidates: Vote Your Conscience; Stick With Us
Why stick with third party and independent candidates in November, if Clinton and Trump have a combined 80% of the electorate in all major polls? In an election season that is anything but usual, one ...
The Transpartisan, Grassroots Movement to Overturn Citizens United is Gaining Serious Momentum
In recent years, there have been several top-down attempts to overturn the Supreme Court's decision in Citizens United. That decision, made in 2010, birthed legal entities known as super PAC...
Sanders Launches "Our Revolution" to Extend the Progressive Movement
Before a crowd in his home start of Vermont and speaking to supporters attending more than 2,600 watch parties across the country, Senator Bernie Sanders announced on August 24 the launch of "Our...
It's Been a Tough Week for Voter Suppression Laws And Their Creators
Over the past month, the courts have systematically begun to dismantle voter suppression laws in 4 states. Texas, North Carolina, Wisconsin, and Kansas have all seen various laws designed to 'pro...
Tracking the Candidates: Current Electoral College Rules Mean Most Americans Ignored
In the weeks since the California primary, when Hillary Clinton joined Donald Trump in becoming her party’s presumptive nominee for president, FairVote has tracked both candidates’ campaign appearance...
Republican Turnout Spikes in Open Primaries; Democratic Turnout Drops
FairVote has compiled and analyzed state-by-state data on voter turnout for the 2016 presidential primaries. Released today, it reviews trends in voter turnout nationally since 2000, as well...
Greg Orman: Independents Must Be The Life Raft in a Sinking Two-Party System
Last month, House Speaker Paul Ryan’s (R-Wis.) lukewarm embrace ended months of speculation about the tenuous relationship between the Republican Party’s most prominent elected official and its standa...
Democratic Parties in 19 States Vote in Favor of Superdelegate Reform
To date, seventeen Democratic State Conventions, one legislative district convention, and one county convention have voted to either abolish or reform superdelegates.Following frustration voiced ...
Colorado to Open Its Primary Elections to Independents?
After the Colorado Legislature failed to pass two bills that would 1) establish a presidential primary and 2) open primary elections to independents, citizens are taking these measures into their own ...
At This Point, Democrats Cannot Risk Crucial Swing States by Extinguishing the 'Bern'
"This is what Democrats united to beat Donald Trump look like. Get ready, Donald – we're coming." -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.)Ever since the days of Lyndon Johnson's presidency, t...