Election Reform - Independent Voter News (Page 32)

Former Idaho AG Condemns Baseless Fearmongering over Open Primaries Initiative

Former Idaho Attorney General Jim Jones pushed back against claims that nonpartisan open primaries would lead to gun control in a recent op-ed in the Idaho Press – calling it a fear mongering tactic that has no basis in reality.

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Shawn Griffiths

/ August 26, 2024

Former Idaho AG Condemns Baseless Fearmongering over Open Primaries Initiative

Federal Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Challenging Tenn. Law That Suppresses Voters' Rights

A federal judge on Monday dismissed a lawsuit brought by the League of Women Voters (LVW) of Tennessee and a bipartisan group of voters that challenged a 2023 law that some plaintiffs said intimidated them out of voting in the August primaries.

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Shawn Griffiths

/ August 20, 2024

Federal Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Challenging Tenn. Law That Suppresses Voters' Rights

Not Sure About Ranked Choice Voting? League of Women Voters Explains Its Appeal

The voting reform with the most momentum behind it right now is ranked choice voting (RCV) -- which is increasingly being used in jurisdictions across the US.

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Shawn Griffiths

/ August 20, 2024

Not Sure About Ranked Choice Voting? League of Women Voters Explains Its Appeal

AZ Initiative to End Partisan Primaries Survives Another Legal Challenge

Nonpartisan reformers know what is coming when they propose changing the way voters elect public officials. Inevitably, those who benefit from the status quo will turn to the courts to prevent voters from having a say.

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Shawn Griffiths

/ August 20, 2024

AZ Initiative to End Partisan Primaries Survives Another Legal Challenge

Virtual Discussion: A Super Minority Elects the Super Majority in Tennessee

Tennessee technically has open primaries in which party registration is not required to participate. However, it would be hard to tell under current state law.

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Shawn Griffiths

/ August 19, 2024

Virtual Discussion: A Super Minority Elects the Super Majority in Tennessee

Charlottesville Could Become Second City in Virginia to Adopt Ranked Choice Voting

The Charlottesville City Council will consider a draft ordinance on Monday, August 19, that if approved would authorize the city's political parties to use ranked choice voting (RCV) in council primaries.

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Shawn Griffiths

/ August 16, 2024

Charlottesville Could Become Second City in Virginia to Adopt Ranked Choice Voting

US Lawmakers Tell States to Guarantee Equal Voting Rights for Independents or Lose Federal Funds

Veterans For All Voters hosted a virtual webinar Tuesday with two members of Congress that may be on opposite sides of the political aisle but are sponsors of a bill that ensures independent voters are guaranteed equal voting rights in taxpayer-funded elections.

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Shawn Griffiths

/ August 14, 2024

US Lawmakers Tell States to Guarantee Equal Voting Rights for Independents or Lose Federal Funds

AZ Judge: Lawmakers 'Strategically' Tried to Mislead Voters on Initiative to End Partisan Primaries

Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Melissa Iyer Julian on Monday sided with reformers who claimed that Arizona lawmakers were intentionally trying to mislead voters about their initiative to end partisan primaries.

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Shawn Griffiths

/ August 14, 2024

AZ Judge: Lawmakers 'Strategically' Tried to Mislead Voters on Initiative to End Partisan Primaries

New Research: Populism A Key Factor with Cross-Partisan Support for Alaska's Top 4 Elections

New research shows that the nonpartisan Top 4 system used in Alaska not only has broad support among Republicans, Democrats, and independents, but in 2022 elected candidates in statewide elections that had appeal that went beyond their party.

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Shawn Griffiths

/ August 12, 2024

New Research: Populism A Key Factor with Cross-Partisan Support for Alaska's Top 4 Elections

Video: On Their Way Out, Members of Congress Admit System is Broken

Voters know the US political system is broken -- as do the people who create the very policies that control the system.

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Shawn Griffiths

/ August 12, 2024

Let Us Vote Spotlight: Independents Have Just as Much Stake in Primaries as Party Members

The Let Us Vote campaign released two citizen spotlight videos that focus not only on the need for primary election systems that treat independent voters equally, but why it is important in a state like South Dakota.

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Shawn Griffiths

/ August 9, 2024

Let Us Vote Spotlight: Independents Have Just as Much Stake in Primaries as Party Members

NY Libertarian, Green Parties Join RFK Jr Lawsuit Challenging New York's 'Difficult' Ballot Access Laws

The Libertarian Party of New York (LPNY) and the Green Party of New York (GPNY) filed a motion to intervene in Team Kennedy v. Berger, a lawsuit filed by independent presidential candidate Robert F Kennedy Jr in May challenging New York's independent petitioning laws.

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Shawn Griffiths

/ August 7, 2024

NY Libertarian, Green Parties Join RFK Jr Lawsuit Challenging New York's 'Difficult' Ballot Access Laws