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Mass. Voters May Get Ranked Choice Voting on the 2020 Ballot | Independent Voter NewsUp Next. New Voting Methods. Mass. Voters May Get Ranked Choice Voting on the 2020 Ballot. August 9, 2019. Voter Choice Massachusetts is proposing a ballot initiative to implement ranked choice voting statewide. The group has filed language with the state…
UnRig It: "There's Something Rotten in Denmark!" | Independent Voter Newsmore. Second, Mac D'Alessandro, State Director of Voter Choice Massachusetts, formerly a principal in the political consultancy, Democracy Partners. Mac discussed the tremendous momentum of ranked choice voting, which passed statewide in Maine and where 90…
James Ryan | Independent Voter NewsJames Ryan. James holds a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Delaware and an M.Ed. from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, and currently teaches History in Springfield, MA.…
Will New England States Bolster Ranked Choice Voting in 2019? | Independent Voter Newsthe alternative voting method. Vermont isn't the only state, though, that will take up ranked choice voting in 2019. The Massachusetts legislature is also likely to consider RCV legislation, as grassroots activists have heavily lobbied lawmakers to adopt…
2019 Sees Tremendous Surge in Ranked Choice Legislation Nationwide | Independent Voter Newsranked choice voting (RCV) has been a key part of this conversation in state legislatures from Massachusetts to Hawaii. RCV has made the agenda on 14 states and counting. The bills vary in their scope and history: those in in Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois…
Giving Millions of Citizens A Better Way To Vote | Independent Voter Newsand all the places it will either soon be implemented or passed. This includes the Big Apple, a city of over 8 million residents, Massachusetts, Alaska, and many, many efforts nationwide to get ranked choice voting on the ballot or passed through state…
6 Big Fights Against Voter Suppression That Neither Party Wants You To Know About | Independent Voter Newspeople to know about the efforts going on right now to fight voter suppression and disenfranchisement in cities and states across the US. Here are 6 of these fights the people need to know about: 1. Ranked Choice Voting Coming to New York City? Massachusetts…
10 Nonpartisan Organizations to Watch in 2020 | Independent Voter Newswant to follow in Maine’s footsteps and adopt ranked choice voting at the state level, including a promising effort in Massachusetts (see more below), and FairVote staff are devoting their attention to supporting allies in Utah (where several cities may use…
In Wake of Primary Cancellations, One Trump Challenger Calls GOP "A Cult" | Independent Voter NewsHowever, Trump isn't running unopposed. Three Republicans have entered the 2020 presidential election: Former Illinois US Rep. Joe Walsh, Former Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld, who was on the 2016 Libertarian presidential ticket as the vice presidential…
Reaction Poll: Roughly 60% of IVN Readers Want A GOP Debate | Independent Voter NewsRepublican nomination: Former Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld, Former South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford, former Illinois US Rep. Joe Walsh, and of course, incumbent US President Donald Trump. At the time of this writing, 718 people reacted to the poll…