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Top Virginia Newspapers Endorse Amendment to End Party Control over Political Redistricting | Independent Voter Newswould end single-party control over redistricting in Virginia and bring transparency to the process. The Times-Dispatch joins other major newspaper endorsements in Virginia, including The Virginian-Pilot, The Washington Post, Daily Press, The Roanoke Times…
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…
Virginia Voters Overwhelmingly Approve Amendment to End Partisan Gerrymandering | Independent Voter NewsUp Next. Campaigns. Virginia Voters Overwhelmingly Approve Amendment to End Partisan Gerrymandering. November 4, 2020. Virginia became the first state in the South to approve a bipartisan redistricting commission to end the practice of partisan…
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, 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.…
Wendell Wyland | Independent Voter NewsWendell Wyland. Wendell is a veteran, who served in the USAF and the Virginia Army National Guard. I have worked since I was a teenager and enlisted in the Air Force before I graduated High School. He is a husband, father, and patriotic firebrand.…
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79% of State Legislative Incumbents Had No Primary Opposition this Year | Independent Voter NewsIn seven states, less than 10% of incumbents seeking re-election had a contested primary. The five states with the highest percentages of incumbents in contested primaries include: 1. Wyoming. 2. West Virginia. 3. California. 4. Alaska. 5. Arizona. The…
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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…
These 34 States Are Making Voting Easier ahead of November | Independent Voter Newspresidentially competitive state on this roster. The others are solidly blue. Connecticut. and. New York. and reliably red. Arkansas. , Kentucky. , Oklahoma. and. West Virginia. (Tennessee was on this list for two months. But in August the state Supreme Court. struck…
These 2020 Campaigns Showed America Better Ways to Do Elections | Independent Voter Newspositive signs that momentum will continue to build for these movements. Here are the biggest reform victories and moments on the ballot in 2020: Two-thirds of Virginians Vote to End Partisan Gerrymandering. Nearly. 4 million Virginia citizens. voted to…