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Straight-Ticket Voting Won't Return to Texas in 2020 | Independent Voter Newsreturning to Texas now that a federal judge has rejected an effort by Democrats to maintain the practice. Allowing Texans to cast one quick vote, in favor of one party's entire slate of candidates, has been allowed for a century and was the way two-thirds of…
Federal Appeals Court Temporarily Blocks Voting-By-Mail Expansion in Texas | Independent Voter NewsUp Next. The Fulcrum. Federal Appeals Court Temporarily Blocks Voting-By-Mail Expansion in Texas. May 21, 2020. This article was first published on. The Fulcrum. update: A federal appeals court has temporarily. put on hold a lower court’s sweeping ruling…
Shawn Griffiths | Independent Voter NewsShawn Griffiths. Shawn is an election reform expert and National Editor of IVN.us. He studied history and philosophy at the University of North Texas. He joined the IVN team in 2012.…
Dale Schlundt | Independent Voter NewsDale Schlundt. Dale holds masters in Adult Education and History. He's currently a faculty member at Palo Alto College and co-chair for the Texas Regional Alignment Network. …
Voting Rights Advocates Dealt 3 Major Blows after Historic Victories | Independent Voter Newsrecent successes, advocates for improving the fairness of elections and expanding access to voting amid the coronavirus pandemic have suffered three defeats in recent days. The setbacks came in Texas, Arizona and Iowa — all states where the Democrats…
Moves in three states to avoid another Wisconsin, even as Sanders bows out | Independent Voter Newscourt is keeping the results sealed until next week. Florida's local election officials and Democrats in Texas, meanwhile, launched efforts to prevent such a shambolic situation in their states during summertime primaries. New Jersey prepared to become the…
How We Vote Could Make You Sick, And We Shouldn't Accept That | Independent Voter Newsto make sure every American can safely and securely vote this November and expanding voting my mail is the proven way to get there. In Texas you need to meet one of these criteria in order to vote-by-mail in the general election: be 65 years or older; be…
Austin Becomes First City in Texas to Adopt Ranked Choice Voting | Independent Voter NewsUp Next. Toppling The Duopoly. Austin Becomes First City in Texas to Adopt Ranked Choice Voting. May 3, 2021. Austin made history over the weekend as it became the first city in Texas to adopt the use of ranked choice voting during a special election on…
Why a White Man From Texas Joined San Diego’s Black Lives Matter Movement | Independent Voter NewsUp Next. Latham Staples, right, joins San Diego's Rev. Shane Harris during news interviews on July 7, 2020. Photo courtesy of People's Alliance for Justice. Social Equity. Why a White Man From Texas Joined San Diego’s Black Lives Matter Movement. August…
Independent Voter Project Conference Sparks Controversy Over IVN.us Funding | Independent Voter NewsUp Next. Campaigns. Independent Voter Project Conference Sparks Controversy Over IVN.us Funding. November 25, 2013. Legislators from California, Texas, and Illinois gathered last week to participate in the Independent Voter Project Business and Leadership…