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IVN Podcast: CA Rep. Scott Peters Says "Don't Count On Immigration Reform"
House Speaker Paul Ryan and lawmakers have been working on a pair of bills that if passed, would solve the long-sought comprehensive immigration reform the country clearly needs.Next week, Speaker Rya...
Holiday Break: The Best of College Football This Week
THE GAME OF THE DAY SATURDAY WAS OHIO STATE/WISCONSIN, and the Badgers losing, 27-21, seems fitting, since it adds to the already chaotic state of a chaotic season.Who’s in?Who out?Who’s up?Who’s...
Howard Dean: Both Parties Driving Younger Voters to Be Independents
Dr. Howard Dean, the former governor of Vermont, and a leading contender for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2004, recently had some sobering words for the two major political parties in the...
Fixing America's Broken Political System Begins with Opening the Primaries
DC politics has gone mad.Americans are now treated to a 24/7 freak show of government dysfunction, charges and countercharges, midnight tweets, and a myriad of other forms of dystopian political theat...
SURVEY SAYS: Rigged Elections Remain Major Concern
A survey of attendees at the 2017 People’s Summit in Chicago -- conducted by members of Independent Voting’s national network -- probed: Whether concern over the process by which the 2016 presidentia...
Another Top-Two Bill Advances in Illinois
On Wednesday, March 1, a nonpartisan, top-two bill proposed by Illinois state State Rep. Sara Jimenez (R) was assigned to Election and Campaign Finance Committee. The bill, HB3655, was originally...
Bernie Sanders May Have Changed the DNC... Forever
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Go5qGge61cMBernie Sanders may no longer be fighting for causes such as open primaries and a fairer election process, choosing instead to focus on progressive economic a...
Bill Fails to Close Virginia's Primary 11-29
A bill designed to close Virginia's primary elections failed Monday. SB821 sponsored by Del. John Cosgrove (R-Chesapeake) was voted down in the Senate with 11 voting in favor and 29 opposed....
Top-Two Primary Bills Hit State Legislatures Nationwide
A wave of bills aimed at reforming primary elections in four states were introduced last month. Legislators in Idaho, New Mexico, Illinois, and Virginia are looking to do away with their state’s parti...
Why the Democratic Party Opposes “One Person, One Vote”
Ever since Donald Trump won the presidential election, the Democratic Party and its allies have had a renewed appreciation for the “one person, one vote” principle established in the landmark 1964 Sup...