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Michigan Voted to End Partisan Gerrymandering; Are Partisan Primaries Next? | Independent Voter NewsUp Next. Open Primaries. Michigan Voted to End Partisan Gerrymandering; Are Partisan Primaries Next? February 12, 2019. As a business owner and lifelong resident of Michigan, I am proud to have stood with so many of my fellow citizens soliciting…
Dem Rep Says His Party Needs Someone Authentic in 2020; Not An Ideologue | Independent Voter Newswith Newsy, Michigan US Rep. Dan Kildee (Flint) says his party needs to recognize that Trump won people in Michigan and other states critical to his 2016 win because they were fed up with a system they felt was rigged against them -- and they wanted an…
How to Slay a Dragon | Independent Voter NewsUp Next. Opinion. How to Slay a Dragon. March 9, 2020. I recently had the pleasure of watching. Slay the Dragon. , Barak Goodman and Chris Durrance’s stunning documentary on the fight against partisan gerrymandering in Michigan and Wisconsin. It played…
UPDATE: Republican Insiders Sue to Take Redistricting Back from Michigan Voters | Independent Voter NewsUp Next. Gerrymandering. UPDATE: Republican Insiders Sue to Take Redistricting Back from Michigan Voters. August 5, 2019. Update 8/20/19: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nesse filed a brief in federal court on Monday, August 19, asking the judge to drop a…
Supreme Court: Federal Court Will NOT Stop Partisan Gerrymandering | Independent Voter Newsout of Michigan. , where a lower court ordered 34 legislative and congressional districts to be redrawn because the court found that the districts were drawn explicitly for the purpose of giving Republicans an advantage. The Supreme Court voided this…
Leon Jackson | Independent Voter NewsLeon Jackson. Leon Jackson is a Michigan businessman and election reform activist. He is the owner and CEO of Thumb BioEnergy LLC based in Troy.…
2020 and Beyond: The View from County Road T | Independent Voter NewsWisconsin is one of three states — with neighboring Michigan across Lake Michigan to the east, and Pennsylvania, further east touching the shores of Lake Erie — that defied predictions, polls and past patterns and delivered a combined 46 electoral votes to…
5 News Stories That Go Beyond the Partisan Headlines | Independent Voter Newsnomination. Here are 5 reasons that Bernie 2020 is likely to happen. READ MORE. 4. Michigan Voted to End Partisan Gerrymandering; Are Partisan Primaries Next? Michigan’s current system of closed primaries reinforces silos and pushes our elected leaders so far apart…
4 Campaigns Discuss How They Terminated Gerrymandering in 2018 | Independent Voter NewsTerminate Gerrymandering Summit and Fair Maps Incubator Launch featured Arnold Schwarzenegger and leaders from the 4 successful campaigns to end gerrymandering in their state: Voters Not Politicians Executive Director Katie Fahey (Michigan), Fair Maps…
Newsletter: Have You Heard About "UnRig it"? | Independent Voter Newssuppression in presidential primary elections. In Michigan, reformers are pushing back against GOP insiders suing to undo a citizens’ redistricting commission voters overwhelmingly approved in 2018. And did you hear? In Republican-controlled Florida, more than…