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The Story Behind Why You Have to Pay for Party Primaries
As Bob Conner reported for IVN in 2014, New Jersey’s independents spent approximately $100 million to pay for primaries in which they could not vote between 2000 and 2013. The obvious question is...
Write-In Campaign Threatens Party-Picked Candidates in Penn. Special Election
In Delaware County, Pennsylvania, a third candidate, Lisa Esler, has emerged in a special election that will take place on August 4 to fill a vacant seat representing the 161st House District in the s...
Until We Change the Rules, The Media Won't Take Independents Seriously
On Sunday's "Meet the Press," host Chuck Todd raised an issue that is getting more and more attention from the media: the record proportion of voters who call themselves independents - and their lack ...
#MoralTakeover Protestors Demand Fair Funding for Pennsylvania Schools
As the June 30 deadline for passing a budget approaches in Pennsylvania, faith group leaders and advocates from around the state are holding events at the capitol in Harrisburg as part ...
The Export-Import Bank: Another Can for Congress to Kick Down the Road
Perhaps the Export-Import Bank is a relic from the New Deal era, but that doesn't mean that Republicans are opposed to it. The Ex-Im Bank has served a purpose for around three quarters of a ...
#ICYMI: A Roundup of Nonpartisan Voting Rights News
By way of introduction, I’m Jeff Marston, co-chair of the Independent Voter Project.Starting today and every couple of weeks I’m going to be sending out these short updates with nonpartisan issues tha...
Bipartisan Panel Proposes Bringing Presidential Debates Into 21st Century
A bipartisan panel released a set of recommendations Wednesday with the goal of overhauling presidential debates during the general election.The panel, known as the Annenberg Debate Reform Working Gro...
Nonpartisan Group Says Presidential Debate is Rigged; Illegal
On Wednesday, the Annenberg Working Group on Presidential Campaign Debate Reform -- a bipartisan group of officials from past presidential campaigns -- released a report with a number of recommendatio...
College Professors Are Scared to Death of their Students
Professor "Edward Schlosser" (a pseudonym) wrote a thought-provoking article for Vox on Wednesday about the role identity politics plays in the college environment and how that role has changed dramat...
Academics, Politicos Raise Pressure on Debate Commission to Allow Independents
As the pressure mounts to open up the fall 2016 presidential debates to an independent candidate, Bloomberg Politics reporter Emily Greenhouse has written an excellent piece headlined: "Group Seeks to...