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A Healthy Democratic Process Requires Real Competition | Independent Voter NewsI am a fourth generation South Dakotan and a lifelong Republican.…
Two Reasons to be Cheerful About Lobbyists | Independent Voter NewsAfter sixteen years in the South Dakota Legislature, Senator Deb Peters announced her resignation to take a job with the state's healthcare association.…
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The Citizen Ballot Initiative Process Is Under Attack | Independent Voter NewsThese states include Arkansas, Arizona, Florida, Maine, Missouri, North Dakota, Nevada, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, and Washington. Florida has already made the ballot measure process more cumbersome for reform advocates across the political spectrum.…
June's 'Super Tuesday' Proves Vote-at-Home Works, Advocates Say | Independent Voter NewsFour states -- Indiana, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island -- postponed their primary elections to June 2 to allow voters an extended opportunity to request absentee ballots, while DC, Iowa, Montana, New Mexico, and South Dakota largely increased their…
Saving the Voting Rights Act: Virginia as a case study for reform | Independent Voter NewsAnd four — Arizona, New Jersey, South Dakota and Washington —. elect all their legislators. to seats in multimember districts.…
Organizations, Lawmakers Push for Open Primaries as Crowded 2020 Field Emerges | Independent Voter NewsNine Democrats have announced their campaigns since December, many of whose announcements 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…
2020 and Beyond: The View from County Road T | Independent Voter NewsA 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.…
Abolishing The Electoral College Could Have Many Unintended Consequences | Independent Voter NewsWhile California has the largest agricultural industry of the 50 states by annual agricultural cash receipts, its per capital food output is a blip next to that of Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, Wisconsin, South Dakota, Arkansas, and Idaho.…
50 Ways the Democratic and Republican Parties Are The Same | Independent Voter NewsIn 1986, the Supreme Court allowed the Republican Party of Connecticut to include independents in its primaries, despite the state's closed primary law, and today, in South Dakota's congressional primaries, Democrats allow unaffiliated voters to participate…
Wide-Ranging Better Elections Amendment Removed from North Dakota Ballot | Independent Voter NewsA sweeping election reform measure has been removed from the November ballot following a North Dakota Supreme Court ruling Tuesday.…