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Saving the Voting Rights Act: Virginia as a case study for reform | Independent Voter NewsUp Next. The Fulcrum. Saving the Voting Rights Act: Virginia as a case study for reform. April 15, 2020. Originally published on. The Fulcrum. Enactment of the Voting Rights Act in 1965 remains a celebrated landmark in American history. It's time to…
Tom Huskerson | Independent Voter NewsTom Huskerson. Born in Richmond Virginia Tom Huskerson is a military veteran. Tom has focused on writing both fiction and non-fiction works,poetry, blogging and speech writing…
Steve Goodale | Independent Voter NewsSteve Goodale. A dual US/UK citizen since birth, Steve grew up in Virginia, Maryland, and North Carolina before moving to London as an adult. He now works as a digital marketing consultant and in his spare time is the webmaster and World Editor for News Growl.…
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10 States Where Party Planners Can Host (and Avoid) Representative Primaries | Independent Voter Newshas labeled its. 2020 Electorate Representation Index. : Illinois (95 percent match). Florida (94 percent). Michigan (93 percent). Arizona (92 percent). Ohio (92 percent). Pennsylvania (92 percent). Virginia (92 percent). Delaware (92 percent). North…
Organizations, Lawmakers Push for Open Primaries as Crowded 2020 Field Emerges | Independent Voter NewsGabbard, Hawaii congresswomanKirsten Gillibrand, US Senator (NY)Kamala Harris, US Senator (Calf.)Richard Ojeda, Former West Virginia state senator; military veteranElizabeth Warren, US Senator (Mass.)Andrew Yang, former tech executive. Most Americans are likely…
2019 Sees Tremendous Surge in Ranked Choice Legislation Nationwide | Independent Voter NewsMassachusetts, Missouri, New Hampshire, and Wyoming call for adopting ranked choice voting for all state and federal offices, as Maine did via referendum in 2016. Bills in Indiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, New York, and Virginia would give local governments…
Lawsuit Aims to Halt any More Online Voting in New Jersey | Independent Voter Newsnot say how many used it this week. The cloud-based system was developed by a Seattle-based company, Democracy Live. Delaware and West Virginia plan to allow disabled, military and overseas voters to use the same app this year. Officials there argue, as do…
Convoluted CA Presidential Primary Rules Add to Vote Count Nightmare | Independent Voter Newsintention of the Free and Equal Elections Foundation to put on a tour of open debates. No information has been released on when or where a second debate might be held. Also In Reform News…. Virginia lawmakers. approved a proposed constitutional amendment…
Judge to Decide Fate of 5.6 Million California Independent Voters | Independent Voter Newselection outcomes. Cases including. Gray v. Sanders. (the right to vote includes the primary election), Harper v. Virginia State Board of Elections. (invidious barriers, like a poll-tax, violate the fundamental right to vote) and. Reynolds v. Sims. (every…
Spoiler Alert: Schultz, the Democrats, and the Independents | Independent Voter NewsUniversity of Virginia Center for Politics, and inexplicably the go-to “expert” on all things independent, immediately objected to Schultz’s statement that 40% of the electorate are independents. This statement was a core piece of Schultz’s story. The partisan…