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10 Nonpartisan Organizations to Watch in 2020
10 Nonpartisan Organizations to Watch in 2020
There are hundreds, literally hundreds of organizations and individual campaigns working right now to fix the myriad of problems that face our political and electoral processes -- from the local to th...
Senator Ben Hueso Rejects City Attorney Mara Elliott's Public Records Proposal
Senator Ben Hueso Rejects City Attorney Mara Elliott's Public Records Proposal
San Diego, Calif.- Independent Voter Network has learned Senator Ben Hueso will not be bringing  SB-615 to the floor in Sacramento for consideration.SB-615 was crafted by San Diego City...
Memoir Gives First-Hand Account of the Real Crises on the Southern Border
Memoir Gives First-Hand Account of the Real Crises on the Southern Border
Since the New Year, I have been reading a steady diet of memoirs. The genre has captivated me since working with my 93-year-old father to finish his memoir, Hilltop Echoes, about growing up on a farm ...
Donald Trump: The Man Who Doesn’t Know About His Own Human Rights Campaign
Donald Trump: The Man Who Doesn’t Know About His Own Human Rights Campaign
To say that Donald Trump has been an unorthodox president would be the understatement of the century. The seemingly endless scandals that engulf the real estate magnate turned public servant show no s...
Eyes on 2020: Independents to Call on Candidates to Demand Open Presidential Primaries
Eyes on 2020: Independents to Call on Candidates to Demand Open Presidential Primaries
Last week, I joined a conference call with a dozen independent voter activists from around the country – all cabinet members of the “Eyes on 2020” campaign sponsored by Independent Voting, who are mak...
San Diego City Council Removes Parking Requirements For Housing Developments
San Diego City Council Removes Parking Requirements For Housing Developments
San Diego, Calif- By a vote of 8-1 Monday, the San Diego City Council removed developer parking requirements for new condominium and apartment complexes in neighborhoods near mass transit.The "ne...
Everyone is saying they just won a big court case on pensions. What does that mean for you?
Everyone is saying they just won a big court case on pensions. What does that mean for you?
If all sides are declaring victory in the California Supreme Court’s pension ruling on Monday, it’s because the decision had a little something for all the combatants in the state’s pension wars.In a ...
12 Things Everyone Should Know About The Debt Ceiling
12 Things Everyone Should Know About The Debt Ceiling
There are a lot of misconceptions out there about the debt ceiling. Here are 12 things every American should know about it and what hitting it means.
Unrig the System: "The Viability of the American Experiment is At Stake"
Unrig the System: "The Viability of the American Experiment is At Stake"
"If we don't band together to unrig the system, there will not be a country passed to our grandchildren and great-grandchildren..." - Josh Silver, Director of RepresentUsThe largest gathering of nonpa...
Remembering Pat Caddell: Independently Brilliant
Remembering Pat Caddell: Independently Brilliant
The following piece was co-written by Independent Voting President Jacqueline Salit and Independent Voter Project Attorney Chad Peace, in remembrance of the late Patrick Cadell. Caddell was a broadly-...