Election Reform - Independent Voter News (Page 45)

In Maine: Partisan Hypocrisy Protects Minority Rule in Governor's Race

In November, Mainers will vote for governor. Recent poll results show four candidates splitting the vote. Talk of “spoilers” is rearing its ugly head, again.

By

John E Palmer

/ August 21, 2018

The Myths, The Facts, The Future: Everything You Need to Know About Ranked Choice Voting

Partisan gerrymandering. Money in politics. The Electoral College. Undue restrictions on who votes and how we vote. Every contentious election issue discussed today was either inherited from 18th-century England or came out of a compromise in our democracy’s incubation when there were few voters and

By George Pillsbury

/ June 11, 2018

The Myths, The Facts, The Future: Everything You Need to Know About Ranked Choice Voting

The Real History: California's Top-Two Nonpartisan Primary Electoral Reform

It is periodically reported that California’s Prop 14 (Non-partisan Top Two Primary) was drafted in the middle of the night in the back rooms of the California Legislature. Nothing could be further from the truth.

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Independent Voter Project

/ April 27, 2018

The Real History: California's Top-Two Nonpartisan Primary Electoral Reform

What is Electoral Reform?

Electoral reform includes any reforms to the electoral and political systems that make lawmakers more accountable to the people who elect them. The purpose of election reform is to improve voter opportunities and create better choices at the ballot box, giving better representation to everyone.

By

Independent Voter Project

/ April 23, 2018

NJ: How Closed Primaries Produce Terrible Partisanship

The New Jersey primaries produced gubernatorial candidates that are speaking only to two ideological extremes. Politico reported Tuesday that in the 2017 governor's race in New Jersey, neither

By Shawn M Griffiths

/ October 31, 2017

Almost Zero Competition in Our Political Parties, But New Bill Could Change That

Competition is the American way. In business, you hear the following saying: “If we don’t take care of the customer, somebody else will.”

By

John E Palmer

/ September 11, 2017

CPD Filing Deadlines: New Dates in Commission on Presidential Debates Fight

Commission on Presidential Debates Update: The Court has issued filing deadlines for the Commission on Presidential Debates Complaint: * Level the Playing Field's motion for Summary Judgment is due

By Shawn M Griffiths

/ August 9, 2017

Gerrymandering: Everything You Need to Know in 60 Seconds

There are several ways the Republican and Democratic Parties manipulate the vote and control elections. They control the narrative, who gets to vote in primary elections, and redraw electoral districts to their favor.

By Shawn M Griffiths

/ May 31, 2017

Gerrymandering: Everything You Need to Know in 60 Seconds

Legal Battle Against Presidential Debate Commission Rages On

The legal battle against the Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD) entered a new chapter this week. Plaintiffs in Level the Playing Field, et. al. v. FEC recently filed a second

By

Independent Voter Project

/ May 30, 2017

Supreme Court To Consider Hearing Bipartisan Lawsuits Challenging Open Primaries

Legal efforts to shut out voters from publicly-funded primary elections in Hawaii and Montana may be heard by the Supreme Court next week. The lawsuits challenging open primaries were brought

By Alex Gauthier

/ February 7, 2017

WATCH: The Real History Behind the Debate Commission's 15% Rule

We over at Third Candidates took a look at the controversial debate access criteria that has been criticized for keeping third party and independent candidates out the important presidential debates.

By Jake Simms

/ September 19, 2016

Is The Tide Turning? Ninth Circuit Upholds Open Primaries in Hawaii

PORTLAND, ORE. - In a major victory for the California-based Independent Voter Protect (authors of California’s 2010 groundbreaking nonpartisan primary system), the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals echoed a

By Shawn M Griffiths

/ August 15, 2016