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A resolution that would ask California Secretary of State Alex Padilla to use his authority as the state's chief elections official to add a nonpartisan public option ballot in the June 7 presidential primary died Wednesday in the Assembly Committee on Elections and Redistricting. In a 3-2 vote against the resolution, ACR 145 did not get the 4 'Aye' votes needed to move out of committee. Notably, and testament to the bill’s nonpartisan nature, the bill was authored by two independent-minded Rep

SACRAMENTO, CALIF. – The Independent Voter Project (IVP) announced Wednesday that ACR-145, sponsored by Assemblymember Kristin Olsen (R-Modesto) and Senator Anthony Cannella (R-Ceres), which would provide all voters, regardless of political party affiliation, the ability to vote for the presidential candidate of their choice failed passage of the Assembly Committee on Elections and Redistricting. Assemblymembers Kevin Mullin (D-San Mateo) and Evan Low (D-Silicon Valley) voted in favor of the res

If the two major parties announce their presidential nominees as Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, Sanders supporters are not likely to salute to the Democratic Party’s chosen leader. Fact is, Bernie Sanders has a lot more in common with Gary Johnson than any of the likely nominees from the Republican or Democratic parties. And a recent poll by Monmouth University suggests that "the major parties’ most likely nominees are largely unpopular among American voters.” The unpopularity of the wall s

(Sacramento, CA) -­ The petition signatures of more than 15,000 voters have been delivered to California Secretary of State Alex Padilla in support of resolution ACR 145, asking his office to provide an additional, nonpartisan “public ballot” so that all voters -- regardless of their political affiliation or non­-affiliation­ -- can cast a vote for the candidate of their choice in the June presidential primary election. This week, co­-sponsoring legislators of ACR 145 and representatives of the

A debate featuring many of the candidates seeking the Libertarian Party created some ruckus within libertarian inner circles. Party front-runner Gary Johnson, who was the 2012 nominee, shrugged off a question regarding the “non-aggression principle” and its relationship to the United States Constitution. This specific principle purports that aggressive coercion should never be initiated by individuals or the state; it can only be used in self-defense. Many libertarians consider this to be the k

Gary Johnson’s bid for the Libertarian Party nomination continues to pick up steam after an endorsement from a key party official this week. William Redpath, a Virginia native, has spent years protecting the rights of independent and third party candidates, ensuring that they appear on ballots across the nation. From 2006 to 2010, Redpath served as chairman of the National Libertarian Party. He’s been the chairman of the Virginia Libertarian Party and treasurer of the National Committee. And th

I’m a life-long Republican who hasn’t yet made up his mind for whom I’m voting for in California’s June presidential primary. I’m also co-chair of the Independent Voter Project, authors of California’s nonpartisan, top-two primary. IVP is a voter rights organization. People over parties. So, putting on my Republican voter hat for a moment, I have to admit getting a bit of a kick out of watching both Democratic National Committee Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz and one of her predecessors, forme

Redding columnist Rocky Slaughter wrote back in February that 5,000 voters in Shasta County may not be able to vote in California's June Republican and Democratic primary elections. Additionally, many of them may not even know that they are completely barred from participating in either primary. Slaughter writes: This year, "no party preference," or NPP, voters can vote in the Democratic presidential primary. NPP voters are unable to vote in the Republican presidential primary. Voters register

The Great Falls Tribune reported Friday that Montana Republicans filed an appeal with the Supreme Court of the United States to close the June 7 primary to registered party members only. IVN News has long followed efforts by the Republican and Democratic parties to close their primaries and predicted this would happen in early 2015. The Montana GOP's State Central Committee joined the lawsuit challenging Montana's open primary system in January 2015. Under the current system, voters are able to

American politics is about to change. Not because of Donald Trump, per se, or Bernie Sanders. It's about to change because Americans are fed up with decades of division, discord, and political paralysis that promise only to get worse in the years to come, no matter who gets elected president this time around. The rules and procedures that determine how we nominate and elect candidates for federal office absolutely guarantee that the fighting will continue, and even escalate. In fact, the presen