Michael Volpe. Michael Volpe is Chairman of the SAM Party of New York and ran for New York Lieutenant Governor in 2016 as a SAM candidate.…
Up Next. Campaigns. NY Libertarian, Green Parties Sue State Officials over New Restrictive Ballot Access Rules. July 28, 2020. ALBANY, N.Y. - The Libertarian Party of New York (LPNY) and Green Party of New York (GPNY) filed a lawsuit against state…
Up Next. New Voting Methods. New York Voters Overwhelmingly Pass Ranked Choice Voting. November 6, 2019. New York will join over a dozen cities across the country that use ranked choice voting (RCV). Voters overwhelmingly approved Question 1 on Tuesday…
innovation, but when it comes to the democratic process, New York is too often. stuck in the dark ages. Ranked-choice voting is a smart, tested reform that would make certain that New Yorkers elect candidates who have the support of a majority of voters. Isn’t…
York City voters were mailed general election ballots with incorrect names and return addresses. The defective absentee ballots were first reported on Monday, and the following day the New York City Board of Elections confirmed the problem affected 99,477…
Up 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…
Sarah Lyons. Sarah Lyons is the Director of Communications at IndependentVoting.org, a national association of independents. She is a native of Oregon and resides in New York City.…
Dr. Lynn S. Kahn. Dr. Lynn S. Kahn was a third party candidate for New York's 21st Congressional District in 2018. She ran for president as an independent in 2016. Her platform calls for Transforming America by Transforming Government.…
Raoul Lowery Contreras. Raoul Lowery Contreras is a Marine Corps veteran, political consultant and author of the new book White Anglo-Saxon Protestants (WASPS) & Mexicans. His work has appeared in the New American News Service of the New York Times Syndicate.…
Andrew Gripp. Andrew Gripp received his M.A. in Democracy and Governance from Georgetown University in 2012. He is a former political science professor, and he writes on American politics, international affairs, philosophy, and literature. He currently resides in New York City.…