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Two Democrats for San Diego Mayor: Local Media Highlight the Differences
The race to replace San Diego’s Mayor is a little different this year. For the first time in history, two Democrats are in the runoff for the City’s top executive position. Without a party label ...
06 Oct, 2020
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6 min read
A Mixed-Race Girl Says ‘No’ to Proposition 16 and the Soft Bigotry of Low Expectations
My father was a Jamaican immigrant, and I was raised in poverty by my single mother. My husband is Mexican and Puerto Rican — our family is proudly multiracial. We urge Californians to vote “no” on Pr ...
06 Oct, 2020
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3 min read
The Two-Party System's Failure Opens Door for Independent Debate
Editor's note: This piece originally appeared on The Free and Equal Elections Foundation's website and has been republished on IVN with permission from the authors.Last week’s showdown between t ...
05 Oct, 2020
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4 min read
Preserve Access to Coastal Communities by Voting No on Measure E
This is an independent opinion. Have one of your own? Email it to hoa@ivn.usHow does San Diego compare to other coastal cities? Like San Francisco and Santa Barbara, San Diego is well-positioned on th ...
05 Oct, 2020
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3 min read
Summer Survey: Third of Independents Say They Join Parties Just to Vote
Independent Voting recently released the results of its second national survey "Confronting A New Reality: Independents Speak Out,” interviewing over 3,600 independent voters across the country on the ...
05 Oct, 2020
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4 min read
California Will Keep Burning. But Housing Policy Is Making It Worse
This story was originally published by ProPublica.Monday morning, Sept. 28, California woke up sweaty, devastated, even shocked to find the state burning again. But if we’re honest, and to our great s ...
04 Oct, 2020
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14 min read
Embarcadero Institute Responds to Housing Formula Report Critiques
Last week TPR shared a new report from Embarcadero Institute disputing the accuracy of the state's methodology for calculating local housing needs. With the state moving to hold local governments acco ...
02 Oct, 2020
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12 min read
Opinion: Padres Have the Right Team for Tailgate Park Redevelopment
This is an independent opinion. Have one of your own? Email it to hoa@ivn.us.“Slam Diego” is a slogan we are seeing all around town as the Padres have set an MLB record for consecutive grand slam home ...
02 Oct, 2020
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3 min read
Mail Mishap: 100,000 NYC Voters Receive Flawed Absentee Ballots
Editor's Note: This article originally appeared on The Fulcrum and has been republished on IVN with permission from the publisher.Nearly 100,000 New York City voters were mailed general election ...
01 Oct, 2020
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3 min read
IVN San Diego Poll: Residents Reveal Local Priorities
California based IVN.us and Washington, D.C. based TheFulcrum.us are the nation’s leading nonpartisan news and information publications focused primarily on political reform and related public policy. ...
29 Sep, 2020
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1 min read