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New Report Warns Campaign Finance Loophole Invites Foreign Interference in Elections
Editor's Note: This article originally appeared in The Fulcrum and has been republished on IVN with permission from the publisher.Businesses that finance super PACs could be exploited by foreign...
OPINION: Maine GOP's Hypocrisy on Ranked Choice Voting
Consider this voting method: “If, on the first ballot, no one candidate receives a majority of the votes cast, the candidate receiving the least number of votes shall be eliminated…balloting shall con...
Ranked Choice Voting Opponents Are At It Again in Maine
Ranked choice voting (RCV) opponents tried to repeal RCV for state primaries and non-presidential federal elections in Maine. They failed. They tried to have a federal court throw out RCV results in t...
A National Database: The Nonpartisan Solution to Police Misconduct
Editor's Note: Please see the corresponding number in the "Notes" for the source of the information.IntroductionNow more than ever, police misconduct has rocketed to the forefront of our national conv...
It Falls on All of Us to Ensure a Credible Election
Editor's Note: This op-ed originally appeared in The Fulcrum and has been republished with permission from the publisher.This is a call to people who love our country more than they hate their politic...
Ranked Choice Voting in Presidential Primaries: Higher Turnout, More Choice, Greater Confidence
The nonpartisan reform group FairVote released a new report Wednesday that examines the impact ranked choice voting had on the 4 Democratic presidential primaries and caucus that used ranked choice v...
Votación Por Orden de Preferencia (Ranked Choice Voting) en San Diego Se Queda a un Voto de Estar en la Boleta Este Noviembre - Líderes Ven Progreso a Pesar de los Resultados
SAN DIEGO, CALIF. - El movimiento nacional a favor de la reforma electoral Ranked Choice Voting (Votación por orden de preferencia) le faltó solo un voto en el cabildo de San Diego, para aparecer en l...
Top 4 Ranked Choice Coalition Misses Ballot by One Vote in San Diego; Leaders Encouraged by Progress
SAN DIEGO, CALIF. – The national momentum for Top Four Ranked Choice Voting Reform fell one vote short of landing “Top4RCV” on the November ballot in the nation’s 8th largest City. San Diego, which i...
Does Nebraska Hold The Secret to a Better Democracy?
Nebraska, landlocked deep in America’s heartland, has paradoxically set itself apart as an anomaly in the US political ecosystem -- from the way it allocates presidential electors, to the makeup of it...
Campaign to Repeal Ranked Choice Voting for Presidential Elections Fails to Get Enough Signatures
The Maine Secretary of State reported Wednesday that the campaign to repeal ranked choice voting for presidential elections in Maine failed to get enough valid signatures: RCV advocates maintain...