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Missouri Candidates Still Don’t Know Their Districts as GOP Map Faces Lawsuits and Veto Referendum Fight
Missouri Candidates Still Don’t Know Their Districts as GOP Map Faces Lawsuits and Veto Referendum Fight
Candidate filings for Congress are set to begin soon in Missouri, yet the people looking to run still have no idea which districts they will be campaigning in as multiple lawsuits against Missouri’s new congressional map have yet to be settled.
16 Feb, 2026
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10 min read
11 Ways the MEGA Act in Congress Tries to Control How You Vote
11 Ways the MEGA Act in Congress Tries to Control How You Vote
In the final reform roundup of January, I briefly discussed a new bill in the US House that attempts to overhaul elections in every state called the Make Elections Great Again Act (or MEGA Act for short). This bill touches on everything from:
06 Feb, 2026
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13 min read
How the 'Politics Industry' Breaks Everything: ICE, CA Governor’s Race, and Reform
How the 'Politics Industry' Breaks Everything: ICE, CA Governor’s Race, and Reform
Steve Peace -- co-founder of the Independent Voter Project and architect of California’s Top Two primary -- breaks down the wide-open California governor’s race and why campaigns still think in party buckets. The hosts dig into open primaries plus ranked-choice, ICE/immigration and civil liberties,
05 Feb, 2026
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2 min read
Poll: Americans Reject 'Money = Speech' by Landslide; Want Power Back from Supreme Court
Poll: Americans Reject 'Money = Speech' by Landslide; Want Power Back from Supreme Court
A new poll from American Promise shows most Americans across the political spectrum agree: Money is not speech and unlimited political spending should not be protected as such under the First Amendment.
03 Feb, 2026
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4 min read
No, Trump Can’t Cancel Elections or Ban Ranked Choice Voting
No, Trump Can’t Cancel Elections or Ban Ranked Choice Voting
A recent Independent Voter News article addressed alarms that the SAVE Act could become a vehicle for banning ranked choice voting nationwide, driven by President Donald Trump’s hostility toward mail voting and RCV and by Republican efforts to attach anti-RCV language to federal legislation.
03 Feb, 2026
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8 min read
Trump Hates Mail-In Voting, Ranked Choice Voting So Much GOP Adds Bans to SAVE Act
Trump Hates Mail-In Voting, Ranked Choice Voting So Much GOP Adds Bans to SAVE Act
A new bill in the U.S. House called the Make Elections Great Again Act (MEGA) would enact new election rules right before the 2026 midterms. The legislation incorporates key provisions of the SAVE Act, but also targets ranked choice voting and mail-in ballots.
30 Jan, 2026
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14 min read
How the Republicans' FCC Rules Will Make Partisanship Even Worse
How the Republicans' FCC Rules Will Make Partisanship Even Worse
Picture a partisan political federal referee standing just offstage of the iconic Saturday Night Live set, just before it's taping before a live audience at 8pm, stopwatch in hand, deciding who belongs in the political conversation and who does not.
29 Jan, 2026
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6 min read
Partisan Elections Are America’s Greatest Hypocrisy – Maine Can Lead the Way Out
Partisan Elections Are America’s Greatest Hypocrisy – Maine Can Lead the Way Out
Kyle Bailey, a former Maine state legislator and Maine’s leading major election reformer, had an excellent op-ed in the Portland Press Herald in 2025. In that piece of commentary, “How we do elections matters,” Bailey celebrates the value of ranked choice voting to Maine and urges its expansion to s
27 Jan, 2026
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For California Candidates Courting Independent Voters, These Reforms Could Win A Lot of Votes
For California Candidates Courting Independent Voters, These Reforms Could Win A Lot of Votes
California independent voters are not a monolith. They fall across the political spectrum and hold diverse opinions on a variety of social and political issues. But one thing that unites them is a shared belief that California needs more choice elections.
23 Jan, 2026
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10 min read
Joe Manchin is Furious as West Virginia Denies Independents a Vote — Again
Joe Manchin is Furious as West Virginia Denies Independents a Vote — Again
The Republican Party of West Virginia has elected to keep its primary elections closed to party members only, despite these elections being paid for by taxpayers and are the most critical stage of the public elections process.
16 Jan, 2026
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7 min read