Election Reform - Independent Voter News (Page 19)

Louisiana Voters Are Not Happy About the State's Move to Closed Primaries

Closed primaries are coming to Louisiana in 2026, but a new poll shows that state voters across the political spectrum overwhelmingly favor open primaries where any voter can vote for any candidate running for office.

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Shawn Griffiths

/ March 19, 2025

Louisiana Voters Are Not Happy About the State's Move to Closed Primaries

CNN Poll: Only 19% of Independents View Democrats Favorably and Don't Think Much Better of Republicans

According to a new poll from CNN, conducted by SSRS, most of the public doesn't hold either major party in high regard, especially independent voters -- with whom neither party exceeds 20% favorability.

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Shawn Griffiths

/ March 18, 2025

CNN Poll: Only 19% of Independents View Democrats Favorably and Don't Think Much Better of Republicans

Super PACs Drive Record Spending in Wisconsin Supreme Court Race

Early voting starts March 18 in Wisconsin’s high-stakes Supreme Court race. Super PACs have fueled record-breaking spending, which is now close to $59 million and has surpassed the previous record set in 2023 for a state Supreme Court election.

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Cara Brown McCormick

/ March 18, 2025

Super PACs Drive Record Spending in Wisconsin Supreme Court Race

Andrew Yang: Why Nothing Works -- And How to Fix It

In the latest episode of the Andrew Yang Podcast, Yang talks with author Marc Dunkelman about his new book, Why Nothing Works, and how distrust in government has erected barriers to get anything done.

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Shawn Griffiths

/ March 17, 2025

Andrew Yang: Why Nothing Works -- And How to Fix It

Fusion Voting Was Banned; Some Republicans Now Want It Back

Former Kansas House Speaker, Republican Don Hineman, voiced his support for fusion voting as a way for moderate Republicans to push back against the party’s rightward shift.

By Dan Sally

/ March 17, 2025

Fusion Voting Was Banned; Some Republicans Now Want It Back

Redondo Beach Voters Say Ranked Choice Voting is Simple, Fair, and Easy

Redondo Beach used ranked choice voting (RCV) for the first time on March 4 during its municipal elections and according to new data from Lake Research Partners, voters liked it.

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Shawn Griffiths

/ March 12, 2025

Redondo Beach Voters Say Ranked Choice Voting is Simple, Fair, and Easy

Maine Lawmakers Vote to Protect RCV Counting Process, Which Generates Results in 'One Minute'

On Monday, Maine's Veterans and Legal Affairs Committee voted 3-7 against restoring batch elimination to the ranked choice voting (RCV) system through LD 656 (HP 424), the title of which claims it will save taxpayers money, but the secretary of state says is unnecessary.

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Cara Brown McCormick

/ March 11, 2025

Maine Lawmakers Vote to Protect RCV Counting Process, Which Generates Results in 'One Minute'

To Avoid Confusion, Should RCV Just Be Called Instant Runoff Elections?

In discussions with an elderly voter in Colorado about Proposition 131, the unsuccessful 2024 ballot measure to create a nonpartisan primary with ranked choice voting (RCV), in the general election, we learned something important. This individual had voted against Proposition 131, casting his mail b

By Eveline Dowling Ph.D

/ March 11, 2025

To Avoid Confusion, Should RCV Just Be Called Instant Runoff Elections?

Democracy Expert Larry Diamond Warns of Growing Culture of SuperPAC Intimidation in Congress

In his new regular column, Diamond on Democracy, democracy scholar Larry Diamond, acknowledges that “[h]aving won the presidency fair and square, Donald Trump has earned the right to propose, and in many cases to implement, radical new policy directions.”

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Cara Brown McCormick

/ March 11, 2025

Democracy Expert Larry Diamond Warns of Growing Culture of SuperPAC Intimidation in Congress

Canada's Next Prime Minister Was Chosen Using Ranked Choice Voting

On March 9, the Liberal Party of Canada held an election to determine who will lead the party using a reform growing in popularity in cities across the US: ranked choice voting. The winner of that election: Former Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney.

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Shawn Griffiths

/ March 10, 2025

Canada's Next Prime Minister Was Chosen Using Ranked Choice Voting

Chuck Todd to Discuss Advancing Reform in a World Without Trust

On Tuesday, March 18, the nonprofit reform group Open Primaries will host an online virtual discussion featuring a legendary figure in journalism: Chuck Todd, who moderated NBC's Meet the Press for nearly 10 years.

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Shawn Griffiths

/ March 10, 2025

Chuck Todd to Discuss Advancing Reform in a World Without Trust

The Illusion of Competition in American Elections

American elections are becoming less competitive, and the consequences are eroding democracy. As The New York Times journalists Nick Corasaniti and Michael Wines report this week, most congressional and state legislative races in 2024 were effectively decided by low-turnout primaries or weren’t cont

By

Cara Brown McCormick

/ February 28, 2025

The Illusion of Competition in American Elections