Commentary - Independent Voter News

The DSA Surge Has One Real Challenger—Independents

In New York City’s deepest-blue districts, Republicans are not a credible alternative—but coalition-minded independents could give voters the competition the closed primary system denies them.

By

Nathan Smolensky

/ July 14, 2026

The DSA Surge Has One Real Challenger—Independents

My Vote Is My Right—Not a Party Privilege

The US Constitution begins with "We the People." These words do not distinguish between Democrats, Republicans, independents, or voters with no party affiliation. They simply recognize the people.

By

Angel Martinez

/ July 13, 2026

My Vote Is My Right—Not a Party Privilege

America Can’t Afford Another President Who Loses the Popular Vote

The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact offers a state-based way to break the swing-state cartel, weaken minority rule, and make every presidential vote count.

By Hugh J Campbell Jr, The Fulcrum

/ July 8, 2026

America Can’t Afford Another President Who Loses the Popular Vote

Massachusetts Insiders Tried to Kill Primary Reform. Voters Get the Final Word.

A court challenge failed. Now Massachusetts voters will decide whether to open the state’s insider-driven primaries to all voters, all candidates, and real competition.

By Kevin Johnson

/ July 8, 2026

Massachusetts Insiders Tried to Kill Primary Reform. Voters Get the Final Word.

The Two Parties Built Safe Seats. Independents Are Learning How to Break Them

There is an independent surge happening in 2026 that could turn “safe” seats into real contests—and make gerrymandering far less reliable.

By

Nathan Smolensky

/ July 7, 2026

A lone independent candidate walking between red and blue political walls toward the U.S. Capitol, symbolizing independent campaigns challenging safe seats and gerrymandering.

Don't Hold Your Breath Waiting for Politicians or Their Consultants to Fix Gerrymandering

The people currently getting any credit for wanting to fix it are not the people with the power to do so, and the people who do have that power were never in Washington to begin with.

By

Cara Brown McCormick

/ July 6, 2026

Don't Hold Your Breath Waiting for Politicians or Their Consultants to Fix Gerrymandering

Commentary: Birthright Citizenship Is More Complicated Than It Sounds

Kavanaugh saw the constitutional opening for Congress to act. He underestimated how badly Trump’s executive order mangled the law around it.

By

Irwin Nowick

/ June 30, 2026

Commentary: Birthright Citizenship Is More Complicated Than It Sounds

You Want Supreme Court Term Limits? Here’s the Constitutional Wall Standing in the Way.

Term limits for Supreme Court justices may be popular. But imposing them would require Americans to confront the part of reform nobody likes: changing the Constitution—or gambling that the Court will let Congress change the rules itself.

By

Shawn Griffiths

/ June 30, 2026

You Want Supreme Court Term Limits? Here’s the Constitutional Wall Standing in the Way.

‘Undo The Top Two’ Crossed Out “All Voters May Vote”

They say independents can vote. Their initiative strips the constitutional guarantee that lets every voter choose any candidate they want.

By

Chad Peace

/ June 29, 2026

Right now, all voters have the right to vote in primary elections in California. It is guaranteed in the state constitution. 'Undo the Top Two' wants to take that away.

The Plan to Strip 6.9 Million Californians of Voting Rights Could Haunt Politicians

Undoing Top Two means telling 6.9 million independent voters they may no longer participate in primary elections unless they sign up with a club they have already decided not to join.

By

Steve Peace

/ June 24, 2026

A picture of Bill Cavala, filled out by IVN staff to fit the necessary dimensions of a featured article image.

Mike Duggan’s Exit Exposes the Independent Movement’s Biggest Blind Spot

Duggan's campaign showed that independent politics will continue to struggle as long as it keeps swinging for the fences instead of figuring out how to get on base.

By

Dennis Darnoi

/ June 16, 2026

Former Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan speaking at an event.

Fraud May Very Well Be Happening in California. But You Can't Prove It. Here's Why.

California has built a system so structurally vulnerable to fraud that even if massive fraud were occurring, you couldn't prove it.

By

Steve Peace

/ June 12, 2026

Fraud May Very Well Be Happening in California. But You Can't Prove It. Here's Why.