Attorney and IVC Media president Chad Peace focuses on election reform. He helped pass CA’s top-two primary and San Diego’s Measure K. His work analyzes how system design and structural reforms can give independent voters a more meaningful voice.
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After holding its first non-partisan open primary this June, California went from the least competitive, to the most competitive elections in the country, according to Ballotpedia. Arizona has a similar measure on its ballot that would end party-controlled primaries.As the 2012 General Election approaches, IVN will pay special attention
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After holding its first non-partisan open primary this June, California went from the least competitive, to the most competitive elections in the country, according to Ballotpedia. Arizona has a similar measure on its ballot that would end party-controlled primaries.As the 2012 General Election approaches, IVN will pay special attention
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The topic of the ever-mysterious independent voter goes largely ignored until election time, when candidates and their consultants realize that re-election depends on winning their vote. The independent voter is often defined as someone in the middle, someone who is "too uninformed to decide," or someone who doesn&
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The topic of the ever-mysterious independent voter goes largely ignored until election time, when candidates and their consultants realize that re-election depends on winning their vote. The independent voter is often defined as someone in the middle, someone who is "too uninformed to decide," or someone who doesn&
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Thanks to Gary Johnson and Jill Stein for participating in the world's first ever online debate. The world was witness to not only the wonders of a new technology, but patient with its introduction to American politics. More importantly, credit has to be given to the candidates and
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To change the political process, we have to start with the political dialogue. IVN.us was established to promote such a change; news that is unfiltered by partisan interests. IVN is, first and foremost, a platform for diversity of viewpoints and bound by a common etiquette. There are much more
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Party central committees, partisan special interests, and courts overseen by party-appointed judges have steadily reframed election law in such a way that the failure to affiliate with one of the two institutionalized political parties voids an individual’s ability to have meaningful participation in the political process. As a result,
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IVN.us will be hosting the first ever, online presidential debate. Unlike debates in the past, the candidates and moderators will participate from different states. IVN.us is working with Google+ Politics to host the event using a live Google+ Hangout. Gary Johnson and Jill Stein will debate on Thursday,
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IndependentVoting.org, a national strategy, communications, and organizing center working to connect and empower the 40% of Americans who identify themselves as independents, has begun conducting a survey to educate and activate Arizona voters about Proposition 121, the Top-Two Open Primary Initiative. Early results show that when independents learn about
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Politics Online: Nowhere else have the institutional barriers to political participation been lowered than on the internet. From websites, to social networks, to phone applications, today's online technology provides us tools of communication that could not be imagined even a decade ago. This week on IVN, we are
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The City of San Diego spends a large amount of their budget to fund gang prevention programs, after-school programs and public safety departments. But less resources are made available to underprivileged San Diego youths looking for a college education. Beneath the headlines and the popular political discussions, there are San
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The YES on Prop 121 Arizona Open Election Coalition campaign today unveiled a TV ad that will begin to run immediately on stations across the state. The campaign made special note that the are committed to staying positive, even in the face of all the bipartisan negative advertisements against the