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Independent Voter Project Attorney Chad Peace Talks Election Reform

San Diego, Calif.- Chad Peace is an election law attorney, national campaign strategist and representative for the Independent Voter Project. Peace joined us on "Beyond the Headlines"

By Jeff Powers

/ December 18, 2018

Independent Voter Project Attorney Chad Peace Talks Election Reform

Big Funders Looking Outside Two Parties for Breakthrough Reform Projects

Calling all nonpartisan reform campaigns, projects, and organizations. Do you have a great idea, a new campaign, or an ongoing nonpartisan electoral reform project that deserves attention, endorsement, and funding?

By Jim Jonas

/ August 9, 2018

Big Funders Looking Outside Two Parties for Breakthrough Reform Projects

Unrig the System? Reform Association Solicits “Breakthrough Projects” that Challenge Both Parties

The impressive momentum for progress in national electoral reform projects and campaigns owes much to the influential recent wins and viable initiatives underway across the country, including: * Maine voters upholding

By Jim Jonas

/ June 22, 2018

Unrig the System? Reform Association Solicits “Breakthrough Projects” that Challenge Both Parties

Independents Will Tip Key Races... Despite Being Ignored by Politicians

Election reform advocates have been scratching their heads over the failure of statewide candidates in California to tap into the rich vein of independent voters empowered by the nonpartisan top-two

Steve Peace

/ May 29, 2018

Independents Will Tip Key Races... Despite Being Ignored by Politicians

Broad Coalition of National Election Reform Groups Unite to Challenge Two-Party Duopoly

To focus the combined strengths, skills, and experience of some of the nation’s leading election reform organizations toward increasing voter participation and electoral competition, a prominent group of nonpartisan

By Jim Jonas

/ January 22, 2018

Broad Coalition of National Election Reform Groups Unite to Challenge Two-Party Duopoly

Spoiler Effect Manipulation May Be Tool in Russian Playbook

A largely ignored development at year-end 2017 was the story that the Green Party presidential candidate Dr. Jill Stein’s campaign is under senate investigation for collusion with Russia. Dr.

John E Palmer

/ January 1, 2018

Spoiler Effect Manipulation May Be Tool in Russian Playbook

INCREDIBLE: Third Party, Independent Representation Up 40% Since 2014

Voter distaste for both the Democratic Party and GOP seems to be at an all-time high. But candidate success outside the major parties remains elusive in Washington.

John E Palmer

/ November 28, 2017

INCREDIBLE: Third Party, Independent Representation Up 40% Since 2014

Harvard Study: Two-Party Duopoly to Blame for Government Dysfunction

A groundbreaking new report was published last week by the Harvard Business School that could change the way we think about politics altogether. “Most people think of politics as its

Chad Peace

/ September 20, 2017

Harvard Study: Two-Party Duopoly to Blame for Government Dysfunction

DNC to Court: We Are a Private Corporation With No Obligation to Follow Our Rules

Update: A federal judge dismissed the DNC lawsuit on August 28. The court recognized that the DNC treated voters unfairly, but ruled that the DNC is a private corporation; therefore,

Independent Voter Project

/ May 2, 2017

DNC to Court: We Are a Private Corporation With No Obligation to Follow Our Rules

Tremors in the Campaigns Point to Breakup of the Major Parties

Will a Trump Party and a Sanders Party emerge after the elections? The ever-widening gap between the Trump campaign and traditional Republican leadership points to the strong possibility that the

By Carl Nettleton

/ October 13, 2016

Tremors in the Campaigns Point to Breakup of the Major Parties

US's Broad Ideological Spectrum Confined to Two Major Parties

As we stare down the barrel of one of the ugliest general elections for president of our lifetime, maybe a look back at what brought us to this point would

John E Palmer

/ September 29, 2016

US's Broad Ideological Spectrum Confined to Two Major Parties

50 Ways the Democratic and Republican Parties Are The Same

1. Both parties engage in and benefit from gerrymandering, the practice of redrawing district lines for partisan gain. In 2010, Republicans invested millions in statewide races to retake state legislatures

By Andrew Gripp

/ August 3, 2016

50 Ways the Democratic and Republican Parties Are The Same