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What Will the Democratic National Committee Do in 2024?
The 2024 presidential election cycle is quickly approaching. Already, the Republican Party is heated and making headlines. And while voters should expect a lot of attention to be on candidates like Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis, a big question lingers...
12 Jul, 2023
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Why New York’s Ranked Choice Voting is Totally Partisan
New York City held primary elections on Tuesday, June 27, for city council and other municipal offices. NYC primaries are unique compared to most primary elections in the US in that they use rank ...
28 Jun, 2023
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Unite America: California's Top-Two Primary Changed the Game for Better Elections
Thursday, June 8, marked 13 years since California voters approved Proposition 14, the nonpartisan top-two (Top-Two) initiative authored by the Independent Voter Project (IVP). The anniversary was acc ...
09 Jun, 2023
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Is New Mexico Ready to End Closed Primaries?
New Mexico elections have long been plagued by a lack of competition and unequal treatment of voters who choose not to affiliate with a political party. Yet, according to New Mexico Open Elections, th ...
07 Jun, 2023
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Challenging the Myth: The Significance of Independent Voters in American Politics
Independent and third-party efforts are no strangers to attacks in the media and from party elites. The latest victim of an organized takedown of a challenger to the two parties has been No Labels, th ...
01 Jun, 2023
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Opinion: If We Want Young People to Vote In NY, Open The Primaries
Editor's Note: This op-ed originally published on The Fulcrum and has been republished on IVN with permission from the publisher.
As a young voter, I’ve asked myself, “how can I use my voice ...
25 May, 2023
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Video: Who Will Give 1 Million Independent Penn. Voters an Equal Vote?
One million Pennsylvania voters are locked out of taxpayer-funded primary elections. Local reformers have mobilized to change the system -- and with recent bipartisan legislation introduced to ope ...
23 May, 2023
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Alaska's Election Innovation: How the Last Frontier Became the New Frontier for Better Voting
Editor's Note: This piece originally published on The Fulcrum and has been re=published on IVN with permission from the publisher. The authors are Todd Connor and Eric Bronner, who are Navy veter ...
17 May, 2023
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Gallup: Half the Country Now Identifies as Independent
Gallup's latest polling found that 49% of Americans self-identify as independent of the two major parties. The record-setting number shows voters’ growing dissatisfaction with the US political process ...
20 Apr, 2023
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Partisan Lawmakers Nationwide Desperately Move to Deny Voters Better Elections
It is no coincidence that as the nation witnesses an explosion in pro-voter reform successes, partisan state lawmakers across the country are trying to undermine citizen initiatives, and block nonpart ...
10 Apr, 2023
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