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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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
South Carolina Judge Says GOP Can Deny Voters Primary; Trump Considers Ditching Debates | Independent Voter NewsCarolina Governor Mark Sanford. Many Republican Parties have changed their rules in one way or another to make it much more challenging for Sanford, former Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld, and former Illinois US Rep. Joe Walsh to pick up any delegates or…
Newsletter: Have You Heard About "UnRig it"? | Independent Voter Newschoice voting to reduce the “spoiler” effect for independent candidates at the ballot box. Another credible organization just filed to get RCV on the ballot in Massachusetts. In deep blue California, the Independent Voter Project is challenging voter…
Bill Weld: We Need to Expand the Primary Electorate | Independent Voter NewsUp Next. Open Primaries. Bill Weld: We Need to Expand the Primary Electorate. October 31, 2019. The three contenders challenging President Donald Trump for the GOP nomination in 2020 -- former Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld, former South Carolina…