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It’s Common Sense: Let Californians Speak in a Safe Way
This is an independent opinion. Want to respond? Write your own commentary! Email hoa@ivn.us.The California Common Sense Party is attempting to be officially recognized, so that it can participate in ...
02 Sep, 2020
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California Needs a Party That Stands for Common Sense
This is an independent opinion. Want to respond? Write your own commentary! Email hoa@ivn.us.The Common Sense Party, a new political party being formed in California, stands for fiscal responsibility, ...
24 Aug, 2020
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Should the State Investigate Local Police Shootings? California Rethinks its Resistance
If officers shot and killed Sean Monterrosa in Connecticut or New York — instead of in Vallejo, California — a state agency would investigate the June 2 incident, when a police officer reportedly mist ...
11 Aug, 2020
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13 min read
These 24 States Have Already Made Voting Easier in 2020
Editor's Note: This article originally appeared on The Fulcrum and has been republished on IVN with permission from the publisher.With fewer than a hundred days to the presidential election, almost h ...
03 Aug, 2020
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3 min read
Illinois Judge Removes Signature Gathering Requirements for Libertarian, Green Party Presidential Candidates in 2020 Election
The COVID-19 pandemic has put a strain on the US electoral process. However, the candidates hit hardest are third party and independent presidential and statewide candidates who face increasingly insu ...
24 Apr, 2020
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Pro-Voter Groups Stand Up for Safer, Fairer Elections in This Crisis
‘Anger.’ ‘Frustration.’ ‘Controversy.’ ‘Chaos.’ Those were among the words used to describe Tuesday’s Wisconsin primary as voters were given a choice: Risk their health to vote in-person or have no vo ...
08 Apr, 2020
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12 min read
10 States Where Party Planners Can Host (and Avoid) Representative Primaries
Illinois should host the first presidential primaries if the goal is to pick a state that most closely matches the demographics of the country.And Vermont, the home state of Democratic front-runner Be ...
27 Feb, 2020
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Sanders Criticizes California for Denying Independent Voters the Right to Vote
All the momentum in the 2020 Democratic presidential race appears to be behind US Senator Bernie Sanders after another victory in Nevada over the weekend. Now, headed into the most consequential Super ...
26 Feb, 2020
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14 min read
South Carolina Judge Says GOP Can Deny Voters Primary; Trump Considers Ditching Debates
A South Carolina judge last week dismissed a lawsuit against the state’s Republican Party over its decision to cancel a 2020 presidential primary. The decision all but ensures that many of the state’s ...
17 Dec, 2019
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Bill Weld: We Need to Expand the Primary Electorate
The three contenders challenging President Donald Trump for the GOP nomination in 2020 -- former Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld, former South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford, and former Illinois US R ...
01 Nov, 2019
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