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Bill Bloomfield: Top-Two Is Not the Death of the GOP; The GOP Is Killing Itself
Bill Bloomfield: Top-Two Is Not the Death of the GOP; The GOP Is Killing Itself
In a response to an opinion piece published in the LA Times, essentially blaming top-two for the decline of the California Republican Party and California's move to a one-party state, businessman and ...
11 Oct, 2016
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2 min read
State-by-State Efforts to End Partisan Gerrymandering
State-by-State Efforts to End Partisan Gerrymandering
Gerrymandering is nearly as old as America itself, named after James Madison’s vice president and governor of Massachusetts, Elbridge Gerry. The advantageous practice of drawing legislative districts ...
10 Oct, 2016
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5 min read
Independent, Third Party Candidates: Vote Your Conscience; Stick With Us
Independent, Third Party Candidates: Vote Your Conscience; Stick With Us
Why stick with third party and independent candidates in November, if Clinton and Trump have a combined 80% of the electorate in all major polls? In an election season that is anything but usual, one ...
10 Oct, 2016
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13 min read
Lilac Hills Ranch is Bad for San Diego
Lilac Hills Ranch is Bad for San Diego
Opponents:San Diego League of Women VotersThe San Diego Union-TribuneThe San Diego County Democratic PartySan Diego County Middle Class Taxpayers’ Association There are many good reasons to oppos ...
09 Oct, 2016
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2 min read
America Is Clearly Ready to Legalize Marijuana
America Is Clearly Ready to Legalize Marijuana
The Washington Post reported Wednesday that voters in 5 states are leaning toward legalizing marijuana for recreational use. Another big year for pro-legalization advocates could put pressure on the f ...
05 Oct, 2016
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2 min read
WikiLeaks Wants to Tear Down the Two-Party System
WikiLeaks Wants to Tear Down the Two-Party System
In celebration of WikiLeaks' 10th anniversary Tuesday, the website's founder, Julian Assange, held a press conference via video link in Berlin to announce that the website wil ...
04 Oct, 2016
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2 min read
Two's Company, Three's a Crowd in U.S. Elections
Two's Company, Three's a Crowd in U.S. Elections
We are staring down the barrel of one of the ugliest general elections for president of our lifetime, and many of us are wondering about our lack of choice. Like it or not, we Americans have just  ...
04 Oct, 2016
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8 min read
Tired of Political Status Quo, Two-Party Duopoly Fuels Voter Apathy
Tired of Political Status Quo, Two-Party Duopoly Fuels Voter Apathy
The 2016 Presidential election has been dubbed by many as a choice between “the lesser of two evils” and many voters are so disenchanted with the entire process that they are threatening to sit out th ...
27 Sep, 2016
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10 min read
Don't Be Ashamed to Vote Third Party
Don't Be Ashamed to Vote Third Party
Media pundits and prominent publications are putting the full court press on third-party candidates. It is no coincidence that Hillary Clinton’s efforts to attract millennial voters coincides with the ...
26 Sep, 2016
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4 min read
To Send a Real Message to the Two Parties, Join a Third Party Now
To Send a Real Message to the Two Parties, Join a Third Party Now
Understandably, readers of the IVN pride themselves on their status as… well… independent voters. Voters are jettisoning the Democratic and Republican Parties faster than you can say “record high unfa ...
23 Sep, 2016
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6 min read