Election Reform - Independent Voter News (Page 10)

Retired Attorney Takes Voting Rights Case All the Way to the Supreme Court -- By Himself

The next big voting rights case the Supreme Court of the United States could consider wasn’t filed by the ACLU, the League of Women Voters, Common Cause, or another household name when it comes to voter rights.

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Shawn Griffiths

/ September 9, 2025

Retired Attorney Takes Voting Rights Case All the Way to the Supreme Court -- By Himself

Voters v. The Legislature: Who Will Decide the Fate of Ranked Choice Voting in Michigan?

Rank MI Vote is gathering petition signatures for an amendment to the Michigan constitution that – if approved by voters – will allow voters who cast a ballot for president, Congress, governor, and more to use ranked choice voting instead of marking just a single candidate.

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Shawn Griffiths

/ September 8, 2025

Voters v. The Legislature: Who Will Decide the Fate of Ranked Choice Voting in Michigan?

Will the Texas Republican Party be Successful Where the Hawaiian Democratic Party Failed?

The Republican Party of Texas (RPT) is suing Secretary of State Jane Nelson in an effort to close the state’s primary elections to party members only – a move that the Democratic Party of Hawaii (DPH) tried back in 2013 in its state and failed.

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Shawn Griffiths

/ September 5, 2025

Will the Texas Republican Party be Successful Where the Hawaiian Democratic Party Failed?

Arts for America: “Use Your Creativity For Your Country!”

When Americans overestimate the threat posed by people in the other major political party, the consequences can be dangerous. Research shows it fuels support for candidates who prefer fighting over legislating, increases tendencies toward authoritarianism, normalizes the use of disinformation and mi

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Cara Brown McCormick

/ September 4, 2025

Arts for America: “Use Your Creativity For Your Country!”

“Gold-Standard” or “Rigged”? How Secure Colorado’s Mail-In Elections Really Are

The White House touted a big announcement Tuesday, only for it to be reported early that President Donald Trump plans to re-locate U.S. Space Command headquarters from Colorado to Alabama – which is not as big of deal as the reason for the decision.

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Shawn Griffiths

/ September 3, 2025

“Gold-Standard” or “Rigged”? How Secure Colorado’s Mail-In Elections Really Are

CA Rep: No One Wins If This Redistricting War Continues

California U.S. Rep. Kevin Kiley (R) says the current redistricting war that threatens to escalate after Texas and California approved mid-decade gerrymanders is “bad for the country, bad for representation, and bad for democracy.”

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Shawn Griffiths

/ September 2, 2025

CA Rep: No One Wins If This Redistricting War Continues

Gerrymandering Wars Escalate Beyond Texas and California: A National Race to the Bottom?

Republicans currently hold a narrow 219 to 212 edge over Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives, with four vacancies: three from Democratic members who have died and one from a Republican who has resigned. This is the smallest House majority held by either party in nearly a century. The razo

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Cara Brown McCormick

/ August 27, 2025

Gerrymandering Wars Escalate Beyond Texas and California: A National Race to the Bottom?

Utah Judge Slaps Down Republican Attempt to Gerrymander the State

Utah may be added to the list of states that will redraw their congressional maps in 2025. But unlike Texas and California, it is to correct a gerrymander by the Republican-controlled legislature, which has tried to sidestep the state’s independent redistricting commission.

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Shawn Griffiths

/ August 26, 2025

Utah Judge Slaps Down Republican Attempt to Gerrymander the State

National Reform Organizations Condemn Texas and California Over Gerrymandering

The United States has passed the point of no return in the unprecedented mid-cycle redistricting fight between Texas and California, which threatens to expand to other states like Republican-controlled Florida and Democratic-controlled New York.

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Shawn Griffiths

/ August 25, 2025

National Reform Organizations Condemn Texas and California Over Gerrymandering

Why 1.2 Million California Independents Are The Biggest Wild Card in American Politics Today

The fate of Proposition 50, California’s proposed redistricting measure, may come down to voters who have declined to join one of the two major political parties.

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Cara Brown McCormick

/ August 22, 2025

Why 1.2 Million California Independents Are The Biggest Wild Card in American Politics Today

CA Dems Remove Trigger Language from Redistricting Bill; Approve Mid-Cycle Gerrymander Before Texas

A new congressional map will most likely appear on a special election ballot in California, whether or not Texas signs into law its own gerrymandered maps, after the “trigger” language was removed from the proposed constitutional amendment Thursday.

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Shawn Griffiths

/ August 21, 2025

CA Dems Remove Trigger Language from Redistricting Bill; Approve Mid-Cycle Gerrymander Before Texas

CA Initiative Filed to Punish Politicians Who Undermine Redistricting Commission

State Assemblymember Carl DeMaio (R-San Diego) has added additional stakes to the redistricting drama that is unfolding in California with an initiative designed to punish any lawmaker who votes to gerrymander the state's maps.

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Shawn Griffiths

/ August 19, 2025

CA Initiative Filed to Punish Politicians Who Undermine Redistricting Commission