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In San Diego Blue Wave, GOP and Independents May Not Ride
When it comes to the race for San Diego mayor, the local GOP has made its decision: “LEAVE IT BLANK – BOTH are terrible.” In a contest pitting two Democrats – Barbara Bry and Todd Gloria – against eac...
The Fight Over Ranked Choice Voting in Maine Presidential Elections Isn't Over After All
Update 8/30/20: Maine Secretary of State Matt Dunlap has appealed the superior court's ruling on an emergency basis. The clock is ticking as in 5 weeks, absentee ballots will be sent out in 5 weeks. S...
Proposition 21 Rent Control Will Discourage Construction of Affordable Housing
This is an independent opinion. Want to respond? Write your own commentary! Email hoa@ivn.us.The primary path to the middle class for American families is through property ownership. However, for many...
A Ballot Prop That Could Boost Racial Equity Among University Faculty
Come November, California voters will determine the fate of affirmative action… again. What they decide will have a huge impact on higher education. In 1996, voters passed Proposition 209, banning pub...
Arkansas Amendments to Give Voters More Control over Their Elections Advance to 2020 Ballot
Over 150,000 Arkansas voters signed a petition to put a nonpartisan top four primaries with ranked choice voting in the general election amendment on the November ballot. Not long after Open Primaries...
The Tough Questions Pushing California to An Eviction Cliff
Governor Gavin Newsom doesn’t want it to happen. Neither do powerful leaders in the state Legislature. Tenant groups desperately want to prevent it, and landlord associations say they also want to avo...
Opinion: Fight for Equal Rights Continues 100 Years After the 19th Amendment
This is an independent opinion. Want to respond? Write your own commentary! Email hoa@ivn.us.“Suffrage is not a right. It is a privilege that may or may not be granted. Politics is no place for a woma...
Why It Matters That All 4 Maine Senate Candidates Will Share a Debate Stage
The US Senate race in Maine is expected to be highly contested as Democrats seek to unseat Republican Susan Collins. However, before voters make a decision, they will have an opportunity to hear from ...
Kanye West is the Poster Child for Our Need to Fix an Easily Manipulated Voting System
The election shenanigans surrounding Kanye West should be the poster-child for our need to fix an easily-manipulated and broken voting system. Soon after the revelation that the GOP had its opera...
Postal Service Warns Tossup States of Delivery Challenges under Voting Deadlines
Editor's Note: This article originally appeared on The Fulcrum and has been republished on IVN with permission from the publisher.The Postal Service is warning the two biggest Midwest presidenti...