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Don't let anyone tell you that third party candidates do not stand a chance in nonpartisan open primaries.Incumbent Nebraska State Sen. Laura Ebke was among the top two vote-getters in the primary ele ...

 "I heard the singing of the Mississippi when Abe Lincoln went down to New Orleans, and I've seen its muddy bosom turn all golden in the sunset."- Langston HughesIn February, I traveled ...

Mainstream business experts in America are waking up to the failure of our country’s political system.

Mainstream business experts in America are waking up to the failure of our country’s political system.Michael Porter of the Harvard Business School is without equal in his expertise on competition and ...

Opening our electoral process to more voices than just those from the two national parties is the goal of Open Primaries.The efforts by the RNC and DNC to rig the system and engage in gerrymandering a ...

Welcome to one of our weekly posts, Independent Action, where we let you know the important moves independent candidates and organizations made over the past week. This week we will be discussing Greg ...

Virginia Independent Voters Association Director Steve Richardson wrote an op-ed in The Virginian-Pilot Thursday in support of a new bill that would reform state primaries to a nonpartisan, top-two op ...

Ever heard this joke? “American politics is like a highway of progress. Republicans stand on the right saying turn right, Democrats stand on the left saying turn left, and Independents stand in t ...

Happy New Year! And what an exciting year 2018 will be for independent candidates and the reform movement!In an election year that is supposed to be highly dramatic and very expensive, voters wil ...

For many, 2017 was another tumultuous year in US politics, defined once more by the hyper-partisan divide on Capitol Hill and rhetoric in the media.As a result of the continued toxic political environ ...