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Kentucky latest to expand mail voting in response to pandemic
Kentucky latest to expand mail voting in response to pandemic
Originally published on The Fulcrum.All Kentuckians will get the chance to vote by mail in the June 23 primary under a deal worked out between Gov. Andy Beshear, a Democrat, and Secretary of State Mic...
Sanders Criticizes California for Denying Independent Voters the Right to Vote
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...
A Presidential Primary for Independents in 2020?
A Presidential Primary for Independents in 2020?
It is no secret that both parties control the presidential nomination process.But what is less-known is that taxpayers, not the parties, fund the primary election.So, why wouldn’t every voter, regardl...
2019 Unrig Summit Celebrates Historic Victories Over Two-Party Duopoly
2019 Unrig Summit Celebrates Historic Victories Over Two-Party Duopoly
A Roadmap to A Better DemocracyBy: Wes MessamoreReform activists from around the country gathered in the Country Music Capital of the World –– Nashville, Tennessee –– over the last weekend in March to...
It's Okay to Be Really Good At Selling Coffee
It's Okay to Be Really Good At Selling Coffee
At Splinter News David Boddiger writes:"Howard Schultz finally has his big campaign rallying cry."He's referring to a chant raised by a few loud attendees at the Unrig Summit in Nashville, Tennessee, ...
10 Nonpartisan Organizations to Watch in 2020
10 Nonpartisan Organizations to Watch in 2020
There are hundreds, literally hundreds of organizations and individual campaigns working right now to fix the myriad of problems that face our political and electoral processes -- from the local to th...
Unrig the System: "The Viability of the American Experiment is At Stake"
Unrig the System: "The Viability of the American Experiment is At Stake"
"If we don't band together to unrig the system, there will not be a country passed to our grandchildren and great-grandchildren..." - Josh Silver, Director of RepresentUsThe largest gathering of nonpa...
7 Monumental Developments in Nonpartisan Reform to Watch in 2019
7 Monumental Developments in Nonpartisan Reform to Watch in 2019
The 2018 midterms ended up being the biggest year in political and election reform in half a century, yet these efforts to unrig the elections and political process got mostly overlooked by traditiona...
The GOP Is Asking Tennessee's Lawmakers to Close The State's Open Primaries
The GOP Is Asking Tennessee's Lawmakers to Close The State's Open Primaries
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The Republican Party of Tennessee has asked state lawmakers to change Tennessee's open primary to a closed one for the first time by requiring voters to register with one of the two...
Here is Everywhere Nonpartisan Reform Won Big in 2018
Here is Everywhere Nonpartisan Reform Won Big in 2018
SAN DIEGO, CALIF. - The biggest story in the 2018 election cycle was not what color of wave we saw. It was not President Donald Trump using the Ecuadorian immigrant caravan as a campaign issue. It was...