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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The Independent Voter Project recently published an analysis of the effect of open primary elections in California. Out of the over 240 candidates that ran for California congressional offices, 25 ran without a party affiliation. There was at least one non-partisan candidate in 20 of the 53 districts. These 25
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After a battle in the courtroom, the non-partisan Arizona Open Primary initiative, known as the "Open Elections/Open Government Initiative," has been cleared for placement on November's general election ballot. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Joe YuhasEmail: jyuhas@riester.comPhone: 602 410-3343 Open Elections/Open Government initiative
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With the weather throwing the GOP a curveball and Ron Paul delegates giving Romney a fit, the Republican National Convention has been pitched by the media largely as a ceremonial event to give Mitt Romney the party's proverbial throne. What is less talked about are the "other
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This Week's Theme: Party Conventions For the next two weeks, Independent Voter Network will be covering the two main presidential conventions, their messages and implications for the parties. Follow the coverage on IVN. A Growing Platform for Unfiltered News. IVN is expanding its platform every week to help
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The GOP has postponed the first day of events for the 2012 Republican National Convention in Tampa due to the threat of Tropical Storm Isaac. The convention will still officially begin on Monday with a cerimonial "gaveling," but the actual events will be postponed until Tuesday. Due to
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We'll be focusing on the dysfunction in politics due to partisanship. We also want to highlight the occasions where compromise or solutions were forged following the courage of some lawmakers in crossing party lines. While our news comes from across the political spectrum, it all follows our simple
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Photo: Gage Skidmore Up against the billion dollar campaigns of Obama and Romney, the Gary Johnson campaign is pushing for a grassroots cash injection on the fundraising platform "Social Teeth." The goal is to raise $50,000 in support of a "Gary Johnson will End the Drug
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Rasmussen Reports just released a survey in which 47% of American voters said that media bias was a bigger problem in our political system than campaign contribution laws. The Report did not break down the results based on partisan lines. Adding to the general sentiment of distrust: [O]nly 22%
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This is a massive game changer for the election. What Akin's "Legitimate Rape" remarks have done is "organically" reintroduce the abortion issue into the Presidential dialogue, at the worst possible time for Republicans. To win, Romney must unite white voters by closing the gender
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of the Mitt Romney budget plan. The analysis is part hypothetical because Romney has not specified any specific loopholes that he would close to make up for the lost revenue from cutting the marginal tax rate. However, the report finds that if Mitt Romney does makes good on the promises
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Welcome to the blog "Reporting Live" on IVN. Here, we will host live blogs, videos, Google Hangouts, Tweet Chats, interviews, and other live reporting. Coming up soon we will be coming to you live from the Republican National Convention. You can also look forward to live social media
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