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Two Reasons to be Cheerful About Lobbyists | Independent Voter NewsUp Next. Opinion. Two Reasons to be Cheerful About Lobbyists. January 2, 2019. In December, I wrote an article on a particularly egregious case of the famous legislative "revolving door." After sixteen years in the South Dakota Legislature, Senator Deb…
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…
Saving the Voting Rights Act: Virginia as a case study for reform | Independent Voter Newsrepresented by a single person. While states must use such winner-take-all elections for Congress, they are free to choose any sort of system for their legislatures. And four — Arizona, New Jersey, South Dakota and Washington —. elect all their legislators. to…
Organizations, Lawmakers Push for Open Primaries as Crowded 2020 Field Emerges | Independent Voter Newsannouncements went under the radar because the lack of media coverage: Pete Buttigieg, Mayor of South Bend, IndianaJulian Castro, former Mayor of San Antonio, Texas, and former HUD SecretaryJohn Delaney, former Maryland congressman and businessmanTulsi…
2020 and Beyond: The View from County Road T | Independent Voter NewsCounty Road T. A friend of mine who was mayor of Sioux Falls, South Dakota some years back likes to hum the theme from the old Green Acres television show when he sees me. For those readers who missed this Golden Age of mid-1960’s television, the sitcom plot…
50 Ways the Democratic and Republican Parties Are The Same | Independent Voter Newsprimary law, and today, in South Dakota's congressional primaries, Democrats allow unaffiliated voters to participate, whereas Republicans require sworn affiliation to their party 15 days prior to an election. 13. Both parties receive considerable subsidies from…
OPINION: Corporate Citizenship Starts with not Undermining Our Democracy | Independent Voter NewsThe same year the Missouri Chamber of Commerce funded the campaign against the Clean Missouri Act, fixing campaign finance and ethics loopholes and ending gerrymandering. And in North Dakota, the main opponents to the 2018 “voters’ right to know…
Former Republican US Rep. Sues South Carolina GOP for Cancelling 2020 Presidential Primary | Independent Voter NewsUp Next. Open Primaries. Former Republican US Rep. Sues South Carolina GOP for Cancelling 2020 Presidential Primary. October 1, 2019. Two South Carolina voters, including a former US congressman, have filed a lawsuit against the South Carolina Republican…
South Carolina Judge Says GOP Can Deny Voters Primary; Trump Considers Ditching Debates | Independent Voter NewsUp Next. Campaigns. South Carolina Judge Says GOP Can Deny Voters Primary; Trump Considers Ditching Debates. December 16, 2019. A South Carolina judge last week. dismissed a lawsuit against the state’s Republican Party. over its decision to cancel a 2020…
Fresh lawsuits challenge vote-by-mail limits in four Southern states | Independent Voter Newsballots across the South during the coronavirus pandemic is the goal of the four newest lawsuits brought by Democrats and civil rights groups. The suits, like a wave of others filed across the country during the public health emergency, attack as…