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3 More States Expand Access to Absentee Voting
Editor's Note: This article originally appeared on The Fulcrum and has been republished on IVN with permission from the publisher.Proponents of expanded voting by mail during the pandemic won vi...
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...
Why Local League of Women Voters and RepresentUs Support More Choice San Diego’s 'Top 4 RCV' Initiative
Lori Thiel and Amy Tobia join host T.J. O’Hara on Deconstructed to discuss More Choice San Diego’s "Top 4 RCV" initiative. Ms. Thiel is president of the League of Women Voters of San Diego. ...
New Ad: Florida Must Stop Denying 3.5 Million Citizens the Right to Vote
A group supporting nonpartisan open primaries in Florida recently released a new ad urging voters to vote "Yes" on Amendment 3 in November. Amendment 3 would replace the state's closed partisan p...
Alaskans Could Make History with Top-Four Primary with Ranked Choice Voting
Alaskans have an opportunity to level the playing field in elections, give voters more choice, and end secret money in politics with one vote in November. All they have to do is vote “Yes” on Ballot M...
Closed Primaries: The Parties' Most Effective Tool to Control (And Suppress) The Vote
2020 is already a year to remember – a world-wide pandemic, militant Black-led protests sparked by the murder of George Floyd by a white Minneapolis police officer, and a presidential election. It is ...
It's Our Republic, If We Can Keep It
Most people know the story: Moments after the Constitutional Convention ended in 1787, Ben Franklin walked out of Independent Hall and was approached by a woman. The woman asked, “Well, Doctor, what h...
Former Michigan Gov Calls Mail-In Voter Fraud Claims 'Utter BS'
As the fight continues across the country to expand safe and secure options for voters to participate in the 2020 elections, 5 nonpartisan organizations collaborated to put on a virtual rally to bolst...
IVP Attorney Talks Party Control over Elections
This evening we talk with Chad Peace, legal advisor for the Independent Voter Project. The Independent Voter Project (IVP) is a non-profit 501(c)4 organization that seeks to re-engage nonpartisan vote...
CA Mail-in Bill Allows Ballots to be Received Up to 17 Days after Election
Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill into law Thursday that requires election administrators to mail ballots to all registered voters across the state. The bill ensures all voters have the option to vo...