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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…
UnRig It: "There's Something Rotten in Denmark!" | Independent Voter Newsexperience working in independent, alternative and reform politics. John discusses how the election reform movement is growing and some of its challenges, "politics as usual," and the ongoing efforts of Open Primaries in Florida, Pennsylvania, Arizona and…
ME Legislature Passes Ranked Choice Voting for President... Then Takes It Back? | Independent Voter NewsThe bill, authored by Senate Majority Leader Troy Jackson also requires the use of a presidential primary so all voters have a chance to rank their preferences for president in the primary AND the general election. Also this week, a bill in Pennsylvania…
6 Legislative Efforts to Protect YOUR Right to Vote | Independent Voter Newsfor by taxpayers. Many county clerks and elections officials opposed the effort. 3. Senate Leader Wants Equal Voting Rights for Independents in Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania voters went to the polls for the 2019 primary elections on Tuesday, May 21. Except, for…
2019 Anti-Corruption Awards Honors Three Political Disrupters | Independent Voter Newswinning supporters inside both the Democratic and Republican Parties. Figure 1: Jenn Bullock (in Green) with members of Independent Pennsylvanians and Sue Davies (far right) of New Jersey Independents. PENNSYLVANIA. Independent Pennsylvanians founder Jenn…
Betrayed and Outraged: Winning The Rural Vote In Today's Political Climate | Independent Voter NewsYork, Pennsylvania and elsewhere look like Europe after World War II. We are dying and we see the corruption, we see the manipulations, and worst of all we now see the fake food that industrial agriculture and mass advertising put on people’s plates. It’s…
There's A Deeper Systemic Problem in the College Admissions Scandal No One Is Talking About | Independent Voter Newsinfrequent. Considering only the United States in the past decade, the public witnessed two high-profile cheating scandals in the public schools of Atlanta and Washington, DC, and a smattering of smaller scandals elsewhere (e.g. El Paso and Pennsylvania…
Michigan Voted to End Partisan Gerrymandering; Are Partisan Primaries Next? | Independent Voter Newsthe reform on the 2020 ballot in Florida. Activists in Arkansas, Maine, and Pennsylvania are working to pass legislation and ordinary citizens from Alaska to Connecticut are organizing and speaking out. In California, under Proposition 14, a measure that…
DNC Debate Exclusions Are Arbitrary and Anti-Democratic | Independent Voter NewsCampaign Manager. Another military service member being shut out of the early debates is former Pennsylvania Congressman and retired Navy Admiral Joe Sestak. After serving their nation honorably in the armed forces and as elected leaders, it seems odd at…
Organizations, Lawmakers Push for Open Primaries as Crowded 2020 Field Emerges | Independent Voter NewsPennsylvania.Jennifer Bullock, Co-Founder, Independent Pennsylvanians.Dan Douglas, current Republican member of the Arkansas House of Representatives.Dr. Jessie Fields, Harlem-based physician and independent activist.Joe Kirby, Republican business leader from South…