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The Washington Post's Dana Milbank claims that Bernie Sanders' criticism of the Democratic Party's nomination process risks handing the presidency to Donald Trump. "The Vermont socialist is now running against the Democratic Party." So the name-calling begins. You should expect more as the Democratic establishment fears that the momentum building behind Sanders may produce a big win in California that could translate into nervous superdelegates and more difficulty at the Democratic Convention

The Independent Voter Project (IVP) seeks, according to its vision statement, to create an environment where "non-partisan voters...regardless of party affiliation" are able to “participate actively and effectively in local, regional, state and federal public policy decisions." Applying this vision practically means that IVP, according to its own mission statement, must seek "to encourage non-partisan voters (meaning, per the mission statement, independently-minded voters 'regardless of party a

Trabajé en la legislatura del Estado de California por 20 años, por lo que no soy extraño de la realidad fabricada en la que viven los políticos o de la visión a veces surrealista del público, la cual es creada por consultores políticos en ambos lados del pasillo. El Secretario de Estado Alex Padilla es un amigo y un compañero demócrata al que he apoyado y espero seguiré apoyando por muchos años. Sin embargo, los más recientes comentarios de su oficina acerca de la potencial confusión de los vo

I served 20 years in the California legislature so I am not without familiarity with the reality of the bubble that politicians live in or the sometimes surrealistic view of the public that is manufactured by political consultants on both sides of the aisle. Secretary of State Alex Padilla is both a friend and a fellow Democrat who I have supported and expect I will continue to support. However, the most recent statements from his office concerning potential voter confusion in this year's prima

La fecha límite para que los habitantes de California se registren para votar en las elecciones primarias del 7 de junio se acerca rápidamente y millones de votantes ignoran que no podrán formar parte de la contienda electoral. Para poder votar por el candidato de su elección, los ciudadanos de California necesitan registrarse con el partido indicado antes del 23 de Mayo. Tras la confusión que ha surgido en varios estados con elecciones primarias cerradas como Nueva York y Arizona, el gran inte

El columnista Rocky Slaughter de Redding.com escribió el pasado mes de febrero que cinco mil votantes del Condado de Shasta podrían quedarse sin posibilidad de participar en las elecciones primarias de junio, tanto en el partido demócrata como en el republicano. La mayoría de ellos puede ni siquiera estar al tanto de que no tendrá posibilidad de votar en ninguna de las primarias. Slaughter escribe: "Este año, los votantes registrados “sin preferencia de partido” (NPP voters) podrán votar en la

Democracy works best when the greatest number of people participate. It is on the basis of that core belief that the Independent Voter Project wrote Prop. 14, a ballot measure that changed the state’s primary system, in 2010. Under the new top-two rule, California’s primary elections were transformed from partisan to nonpartisan elections for all statewide offices. As in local elections, any voter can participate, regardless of party — or lack thereof. Unlike our local elections, however, the t

La comunidad latina es una de las comunidades de mayor crecimiento en Estados Unidos, de acuerdo al Centro de Investigación Pew. Esto significa que los votantes latinos no sólo están reformando la demografía social en los Estados Unidos, sino que también están teniendo efecto en la demografía política electoral del país. “El Estado de los Latinos en California” es un reporte presentado por el Caucus Latino Legislativo, el cual confirma que los Latinos componen el 38.6% de la población total de

SPRINGFIELD, Ill., May 6, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- State officials on Friday accepted a truckload of Independent Map Amendment petitions with nearly twice the minimum number of signatures needed to put the proposed government reform amendment before voters in the November election. "Illinois voters are demanding reform, and the Independent Map Amendment is their best opportunity to change business as usual at the State Capitol," said Dennis FitzSimons, Chair of the non-partisan Independe

Do we think it’s just "happenstance" that we’ve had just two parties (that have achieved representation in our government) for 200+ years? Do we think it's just by chance that the Greens, Libertarians, and Socialists just haven’t caught on yet?  That only once in a blue moon does an independent get elected? If you listen to the talking heads of the U.S. political world, you’ll often hear the phrase “our two-party system.” And you probably won’t give it much thought, as it’s a pretty valid descr