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Several California voter registrars confirmed last week what the Independent Voter Project warned Secretary of State Alex Padilla about well ahead of the 2016 primary elections. As a result of insufficient voter education programs and ballot design problems there was mass voter confusion during the primary, resulting in -- among other things -- nearly a quarter of a million Senate votes being thrown out. Nearly a Quarter of a Million Senate Votes Tossed The report, titled “Ballot Design Issue

1. Both parties engage in and benefit from gerrymandering, the practice of redrawing district lines for partisan gain. In 2010, Republicans invested millions in statewide races to retake state legislatures for the purpose of controlling congressional redistricting. Since then, Republicans have created highly gerrymandered maps in states like North Carolina and Virginia. Democrats are guilty of gerrymandering as well: Maryland hosts some of the most contorted, gerrymandered districts in the count

SAN DIEGO - The San Diego City Council voted to put the Chargers downtown stadium initiative and the Citizens’ Plan initiative on the November ballot. By a unanimous vote of 9-0, the council passed both the Chargers Initiative (now Measure C) and the Citizens’ Plan for Tourism Reform (now Measure D). Councilmember Chris Cate, who has been an outspoken critic of the plan, assigned himself to write the argument against the ballot initiative. The mayor’s office along with the Independent Budget

San Diego-The San Diego Chargers stadium ballot initiative has secured enough valid signatures to appear on the November ballot. The initiative would raise local hotel taxes for a downtown stadium and convention facility. San Diego City Clerk Liz Maland made the announcement Saturday afternoon. Chargers chairman Dean Spanos expressed his appreciation to those who signed the petitions. "The entire Chargers organization is grateful to all of those who helped qualify our initiative for the Novemb

third par·ty noun: a person or group besides the two primarily involved in a situation, especially a dispute. Almost since the beginning of the American Republic, voters have had a third choice. A party that wasn’t ruled by the power classes, the Democrats and Republicans. A party that truly felt of the people, by the people, and for the people. In today’s rough-and-tumble political climate, it can be argued that never before has the country needed a third choice for president more desperately

It's looking more and more like at least 3 presidential candidates will win electoral votes this cycle, something that hasn't happened since 1988 when Lloyd Bentsen received one electoral vote from faithless elector Margaret Leech. But it hasn't been an uncommon occurrence for more than two candidates to win electoral votes, happening 21 times out of the 56 presidential elections so far. Looking at these elections is interesting, because it should teach us something about our current political

This week, voters in eastern North Carolina will have the opportunity to decide the political fate of one of its more independent members. U.S. Rep. Walter Jones, a Republican representing North Carolina's third district since 1995, will engage in a re-match against former political consultant Taylor Griffin. In 2014, Griffin, a former adviser to George W. Bush and John McCain, lost to Jones by a 51-45 margin. Jones is perhaps best known for his policy stances - against Middle Eastern wars and

En una entrevista para IVN, la Congresista Demócrata de los Estados Unidos Loretta Sánchez conversó con nosotros sobre sus posibilidades de ganar la contienda para ocupar el asiento de Barbara Boxer en el Senado. Sánchez, quien actualmente representa al Distrito 46 de California en el Congreso, hizo énfasis en lo que significaría para ella convertiste en la primer senadora latina del país. Habló sobre las declaraciones de la presidenta del partido demócrata a nivel federal sobre la participació

Zoom In: Frontrunners are full steam ahead in Acela Primary Last Tuesday, voters in the Acela Primary made their voices heard. Donald Trump swept the Republican primaries by large margins. In the wake of his first majority win in New York’s primary, Trump earned 56.7% in Pennsylvania with Ted Cruz in a distant second at 21.6%. Trump also won 57.9% in Connecticut, 60.8% in Delaware, 54.4% in Maryland, and 63.8% in Rhode Island. These latter large percentage point wins were followed by John Kasic

On April 4, the governors of California and New York signed off on legislation raising their state’s minimum wages to $15 per hour. While the public may disagree about the merits of this measure and what the cumulative effects will be, there is little disagreement that states – as “laboratories of democracy” – are entitled to perform such economic experiments. After all, the first state minimum wage law was passed more than a century ago in Massachusetts in 1912, and a majority of states have mi