Election Reform - Independent Voter News (Page 18)

Salt Lake City Keeps Ranked Choice Voting Alive for 2025

Salt Lake City will continue using ranked choice voting (RCV) in its municipal elections, allowing voters to rank candidates in order of preference rather than selecting just one. The City Council reaffirmed their commitment to the system, following positive feedback from the 2023 elections.

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Cara Brown McCormick

/ April 11, 2025

Salt Lake City Keeps Ranked Choice Voting Alive for 2025

Will Pennsylvania's 1.4 Million Independent Voters Be Next to Gain Equal Voting Rights?

Election reformers are celebrating the adoption of primary elections in New Mexico that are open to the state's substantial independent voter population. But there is an even larger group of independents that could soon be granted access to these critical taxpayer-funded elections in Pennsylvania.

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Shawn Griffiths

/ April 10, 2025

Will Pennsylvania's 1.4 Million Independent Voters Be Next to Gain Equal Voting Rights?

NM Lawmakers: Open Primaries Bill Is About Boosting Voter Participation

KOAT 7 in New Mexico featured an investigative report on the impact of open primaries now that Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has signed SB 16 into law, a bill that opens the state's primaries to more than 330,000 independent voters.

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Shawn Griffiths

/ April 9, 2025

NM Lawmakers: Open Primaries Bill Is About Boosting Voter Participation

It's Official: New Mexico Has Opened Its Primaries to Independent Voters

As of Monday, New Mexico has officially moved away from closed partisan primaries and has adopted semi-open primaries that allow more than 330,000 independent voters to participate in critical taxpayer-funded elections after Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed reform into law.

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Shawn Griffiths

/ April 8, 2025

It's Official: New Mexico Has Opened Its Primaries to Independent Voters

A Recent Court Decision Could Reshape the Legal Battle over Closed Primaries

Litigation is often seen as a zero-sum game of wins and losses. In that lens, a recent 11th Circuit decision that upholds Florida’s closed primary system has been declared another win for political parties and closed primaries. But it’s the wrong framing.

By Jeremy Gruber

/ April 3, 2025

A Recent Court Decision Could Reshape the Legal Battle over Closed Primaries

Skokie Is the Latest Illinois City to Embrace Ranked Choice Voting

Skokie voters went to the polls on April 1 amidst a closely watched mayoral election to decide whether or not to adopt ranked choice voting (RCV). With 100% of precincts reporting, 58% of participating voters said ‘Yes’ to changing how the city conducts elections.

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Cara Brown McCormick

/ April 2, 2025

Skokie Is the Latest Illinois City to Embrace Ranked Choice Voting

New Report Finds Universal Vote at Home States Nearly Double Turnout in 2024 Primaries

The National Vote at Home Institute (NVAHI) released a new report Monday that states with Universal Vote at Home (VAH) saw nearly double the voter turnout in the 2024 primary elections compared to states that didn't offer it.

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Shawn Griffiths

/ March 31, 2025

New Report Finds Universal Vote at Home States Nearly Double Turnout in 2024 Primaries

Mayors of America's Largest Cities Embrace Ranked Choice Voting

Mayors of big cities across the country are coming out in support of ranked choice voting (RCV). RCV is currently used in 46 U.S. cities, including the most populous cities in seven states.

By Rachel Hutchinson

/ March 31, 2025

Mayors of America's Largest Cities Embrace Ranked Choice Voting

Super PAC Spending Tops $49 Million in Most Expensive State Judicial Election in History

According to Buying Time 2025 election spending data as of March 26, 2025, more than $81.4 million has been spent on the Wisconsin Supreme Court race between Dane County Circuit Court Judge Susan Crawford and Waukesha County Circuit Court Judge Brad Schimel, making it the most expensive state judici

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Cara Brown McCormick

/ March 27, 2025

Super PAC Spending Tops $49 Million in Most Expensive State Judicial Election in History

Ranked Choice Voting Garners Broad Support in Connecticut, Including in Its Legislature

The Connecticut General Assembly’s Government Administration and Elections (GAE) Committee held a public hearing Monday on SB 1536, a bill to implement Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) in Connecticut.

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Shawn Griffiths

/ March 25, 2025

Ranked Choice Voting Garners Broad Support in Connecticut, Including in Its Legislature

A Bill to Open Taxpayer-Funded Primaries to Over 330,000 Independents Sent to New Mexico Governor's Desk

It has been a long road for reformers in New Mexico, but the legislature has passed a bill that would open state primary elections to a quarter of the state's voting population registered unaffiliated of a political party.

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Shawn Griffiths

/ March 23, 2025

A Bill to Open Taxpayer-Funded Primaries to Over 330,000 Independents Sent to New Mexico Governor's Desk

Defining the Democracy Movement: Andy Moore and the National Association of Nonpartisan Reformers

The Fulcrum presents The Path Forward: Defining the Democracy Reform Movement. Scott Warren's weekly interviews engage diverse thought leaders to elevate the conversation about building a thriving and healthy democratic republic that fulfills its potential as a national social and political game-cha

By Scott Warren

/ March 20, 2025

Defining the Democracy Movement: Andy Moore and the National Association of Nonpartisan Reformers