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Independent Voter Project Talks Voting Rights on NBC7
On Sunday, March 22, the Independent Voter Project, represented by Chad Peace, discussed the current lawsuit before the Third Circuit Court of Appeals challenging the constitutionality of the closed ...
23 Mar, 2015
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Why We Need Political Parties, and More of Them
The number of political independents has certainly ballooned. Indeed, the dissatisfaction with political parties has reached unprecedented levels, and it is not uncommon to read jeremiads decryin ...
18 Mar, 2015
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Independent Voter Project Defends Nonpartisan Voting Rights before Third Circuit
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. -- Oral argument in the Third Circuit Court of Appeals was heard Tuesday morning in the case, Balsam, et al. v. Guadagno (New Jersey Secretary of State). The Independent Voter Projec ...
17 Mar, 2015
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POTUS Candidates Push Election Reforms that Favor Them, Not Voters
The Washington Post reported Monday that the way voters participate in presidential primary elections, who will be allowed to participate, and when may change in a handful of states based on how parti ...
16 Mar, 2015
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Do You Have to Join a Party to Vote? Third Circuit to Decide
On March 5, 2014, the Independent Voter Project, supported by a broad coalition of organizations from across the country, filed suit in New Jersey federal court, arguing that New Jersey’s closed prima ...
13 Mar, 2015
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How to Run for President in 2 Easy Steps
NATIONAL -- In 2012, not counting Obama and Romney, there were 26 candidates on presidential ballots in a least one state. They garnered between 518 and nearly 1.3 million votes. Some of these ca ...
11 Mar, 2015
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What America Should and Shouldn't Do to Implement Proportional Representation
NATIONAL -- There is no doubt that there are some IVN readers who support some form of proportional representation, often seen as a voting scheme that maximizes representation and makes every vote cou ...
25 Feb, 2015
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Appellate Court to Consider Constitutionality of N.J. Closed Primary
Update: On Tuesday, March 3, 2015, the U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals officially granted oral argument in the case, Balsam, et al. v. Guadagno, on Tuesday, March 17, 2015. A coalition that i ...
16 Feb, 2015
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2015 On Pace to Have Worst Measles Outbreak in Decades
As of February 6, there have been 121 reported cases of the measles in 17 states and Washington, D.C., in 2015 alone. If the measles outbreak continues at this pace, the number of repor ...
11 Feb, 2015
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Debunking Partisan Political ‘Studies’: Top-Two Primary Exceeds Expectations in Calif.
In 2010, voters approved Proposition 14. This measure fundamentally changed California’s partisan primaries conducted under rules determined by private political parties into a nonpartisan s ...
10 Feb, 2015
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