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State Court, Politicians Deny Voters the Open Primaries Reform They Demand | Independent Voter NewsUp Next. Open Primaries. State Court, Politicians Deny Voters the Open Primaries Reform They Demand. March 19, 2019. By all accounts New Mexico would seem to be a strong candidate for reform of their primary elections. At least that’s what we thought when…
Will the N.M. Supreme Court Block All Paths to End Taxpayer-Funded Closed Primaries? | Independent Voter Newsis blocked. You may have the best arguments in the world, your client’s cause may be just, but you aren’t going to get there. This is what happened recently in New Mexico where I was part of a team of lawyers put together by the Open Primary Education Fund…
Where In the West Are the Presidential Candidates? | Independent Voter Newspopulation of 76 million, nearly 25 percent of the nation. Except for the Libertarian Gary Johnson from New Mexico and Democrat Roque De La Fuente from California, there are no candidates from the western half of the country. Both De La Fuente and Johnson are…
June's 'Super Tuesday' Proves Vote-at-Home Works, Advocates Say | Independent Voter Newsabsentee ballots, while DC, Iowa, Montana, New Mexico, and South Dakota largely increased their use of absentee ballots as well. The result? Rapid City Journal (South Dakota). KRQE (New Mexico). The Courier (Iowa). “In states across the country, Americans…
10 Nonpartisan Organizations to Watch in 2020 | Independent Voter Newsstate and national groups advancing RCV. The organization led the effort in Santa Fe, New Mexico, to use ranked choice voting in municipal elections a decade after city voters approved its use -- with its success leading to other New Mexico cities acting to…
Sanders Criticizes California for Denying Independent Voters the Right to Vote | Independent Voter Newsoffice. Similar bills have been proposed in Mississippi (. two. bills. for the Election Commissioner), and. New Mexico. A bill died in. Maine. that would prohibit the secretary of state from overseeing an election in which he or she is a candidate. Legislation…
50 Ways the Democratic and Republican Parties Are The Same | Independent Voter Newscongressionally mandated single-member districts (SMDs). Last passed in 1967, this mandate requires that only one House member can represent a congressional district (except in Hawaii and New Mexico). According to Duverger's law, SMDs tend to produce a two…
Memoir Gives First-Hand Account of the Real Crises on the Southern Border | Independent Voter NewsUp Next. Opinion. Memoir Gives First-Hand Account of the Real Crises on the Southern Border. March 11, 2019. Since the New Year, I have been reading a steady diet of memoirs. The genre has captivated me since working with my 93-year-old father to finish…
Partisan Establishment in New York Institutes New Rules to Squash Rising Third Party | Independent Voter NewsUp Next. Campaigns. Partisan Establishment in New York Institutes New Rules to Squash Rising Third Party. December 19, 2019. A new type of third party is racking up wins against the two-party duopoly in New York. However, state officials have authorized…
Carl Nettleton | Independent Voter NewsCarl Nettleton. Carl Nettleton is an acclaimed writer, speaker, facilitator, and analyst. He heads Nettleton Strategies, an environmental policy firm specializing in oceans, all things water, energy, climate, and U.S. Mexico border issues. …