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.
Opinion
Independence means different things to different people. For us, it means more than rejecting party lines; it means thinking for yourself, being accountable to principles and constituents, and resisting the pressures of partisan orthodoxy.
Opinion
In a time when technology moves faster than public awareness can keep up, the line between communication and manipulation is vague. A recent piece in Tablet Magazine titled “Rapid-Onset Political Enlightenment” sheds light on how the digital era — once hailed as a democratizing force — has been weap
Election Reform
The independent reform movement has lost a champion, but his work is sure to live on. Harry Kresky, a renowned election law and civil rights attorney, author, poet, and activist passed away on March 11 at the age of 79. “Can we do it Without knowing how? Without any assurances
News
Now, with the success of Alaska, and perhaps others, blowing wind to their backs -- San Diego could be poised for its own success.
Opinion
There are few people that help steer the course of history. Dr. Peter Ackerman was one of them. Peter, who has been the driving force behind some of the most powerful efforts to unrig the two-party “duopoly,” passed away peacefully in his home on April 26, 2022. Among Peter’s
Election Reform
Disclaimer: Chad Peace is an attorney for the Independent Voter Project and represents 6 of the individual plaintiffs in this case. SAN DIEGO, CALIF. - If we said that citizens have religious freedom, as long as they joined a state-sanctioned church, that argument would roundly be dismissed as absurd. But
Opinion
First published at Real Clear Politics The national discussion on whether America is ready for a female president provides both insight and context to the challenges that face independent candidates. Columnist Rebecca Traister offered the insight that the question itself, and not the sex of the candidate, is the real
Campaigns
There was good news for Republicans and the Trump team this week when a federal judge put a hold on the voter-suppression tactic.
Campaigns
In an attempt to keep Donald Trump off the California primary election ballot, the California legislature passed a bill requiring all presidential primary candidates to release their tax returns. While Trump has zero chance of winning the general election in California, political insiders know the real effect of keeping him
Opinion
Some 5 million Republican voters may soon learn what nearly 6 million independent voters already know: The State of California engages in partisan-driven voter suppression. In an unprecedented move, the state legislature, in a party-line vote, passed a bill designed specifically to keep the President of the United States off
News
The data is undeniable. You can see it in polls, voter registration statistics, and in most coffee shops. A substantial majority of voters, especially younger ones, want the option of choosing a candidate outside the two-party system. * According to a HarrisX poll last September, 66% of voters say neither party
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SAN DIEGO, CALIF. - It is nearly impossible for a candidate to run, and win, as an independent in most states. Without a party infrastructure, candidates have little to no support structure, including party member communications, party campaign finance advantages, and perhaps most importantly, the benefit of an almost universally