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elusive in Washington. All 435 members in the U.S. House of Representatives are Democrats or Republicans. Across the Capitol, there are two of 100 senators with “(I)” after their names -- Sen. Bernie Sanders. of Vermont and Sen. Angus King. of Maine. But wait…

according to the Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council. Yet these companies are put on the sidelines in a system that caters to the very small percentage of wealthy businesses, individuals, unions, and special interests who participate in the Washington…

opinion columnist at the Washington Times wrote a piece entitled, “. Ranked-choice voting should be slotted dead last as election reform. .” The piece starts off with some good old-fashioned partisan fear-mongering: “Progressives are floating yet another…

Up Next. Opinion. OPINION: Boycott Iowa and Its Fraudulent Caucus. February 25, 2019. The lead story in Wednesday’s Washington Post, was written by two reporters telling us what might happen to Democratic candidates running for president, in a race that…

to do so. As a practical matter, the idea of limited government in the United States, particularly at the federal level, was a pragmatic necessity in the days of the Founders. After all, what was the point of having a lot of policy dictated from Washington…

of things in the US averaged at 33%, highlighting a lingering discontent with the political status quo in Washington. "A dysfunctional government remains, month after month, Americans' pick as the number one problem facing the nation. Obviously, the people…

infrequent. Considering only the United States in the past decade, the public witnessed two high-profile cheating scandals in the public schools of Atlanta and Washington, DC, and a smattering of smaller scandals elsewhere (e.g. El Paso and Pennsylvania…

candidate, regardless of office or partisan considerations. Therefore, nonpartisan primaries are always Open, Blanket, and conducted for a nonpartisan public purpose: The [Washington nonpartisan primary] law never refers to the candidates as nominees of any…

Up Next. New Voting Methods. Ranked Choice Voting Finds Its Way to the Floor of the US House. March 3, 2019. WASHINGTON, DC - The sweeping electoral reform measures encompassed in H.R. 1 expanded even further with the addition of a ranked choice voting…

get the same crappy results out of Washington." - John Opdycke, President of Open Primaries. In the first episode of Toppling the Duopoly, I discuss future primary and election reform with Open Primaries President John Opdycke and long-time activist and Open…