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Chad Peace
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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Common Ground: Occupy Wall Street, the Tea Party, and Independent voters
The statement prepared by the leaders of the Occupy Wall Street movement and read by Keith Olbermann the other day included a laundry list of wrongdoings by corporations (referred to as 'they') as the cause for all our current political and economic ills. While the enthusiasm and zeal
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Political parties attempt to undermine open primary election reform in California
In an attempt to blunt the upcoming top-two open primary's ability to limit political party control over elections in California, the state Assembly is trying to change the way a candidate's political party appears on the ballot. Proposition 14, passed by the voters in 2010, changed
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Ron Paul Getting a $1 Million Birthday Present
Most people couldn't tell you their favorite candidate's birthday. But if you are a 'Ron Pauler,' not only do you probably know it's his birthday, but you're probably giving him a present. And as of 4pm EST today, supporters have
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Political parties feeling the threat of non-partisan primaries
Recently, a bipartisan group in Arizona has gone public with its intention to promote a constitutional amendment for a non-partisan primary modeled after California's Proposition 14, which decisively passed last year. A few days later, I was forwarded a message from Mark Hinkle, Chairman of the Libertarian Party,
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Ron Paul, Mitt Romney, and why the Republican primary matters
Absent some ruinous event, Obama will likely win in 2012. Yet, the Republican primary could be one of the most important presidential primaries in a long time. With a cartoon cast of candidates poking their heads in and out of the race, pundits perpetually wonder why the Republicans have not
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A radical idea: Ron Paul runs as a Democrat in 2012
Does anyone remember that the first Tea Partiers were thousands and thousands of Ron Paul supporters who dumped a record-breaking $6 million into his presidential campaign on December 16, 2007, the anniversary of the Boston Tea Party? Since then, the Tea Party “wave” has swept across the country; a wave
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Top political fouls
In case you missed it, in: California: Even before potentially taking office, Whitman has unselfishly injected over $150 million of her own money into California’s fledgling campaign industry. It is anticipated that this money will trickle down until it eventually reaches gardeners and housekeepers. Delaware: In her latest gaffe,
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Rand Paul toasted by the even-handed Rachel Maddow over basic civil rights
I must admit, as one of the Ron Paul supporters that worked tirelessly to convince Rand Paul to leave his profession as an eye surgeon to pursue a seat in the US Senate, this is not the easiest article to write. Agree with her politics or not, Rachel Maddow has
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BREAKING NEWS: Opponents of Open Primary Attempt to Abuse Legislative Power Backfires
The judge handed down a ruling on the ballot description for the Open Primary initiative today. The ruling comes after an appalling abuse of the political process (and taxpayer dollars) whereby opponents of California’s Open Primary tried to sneak a lawsuit past the “Yes on 14” team by suing
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California Legislature tries to backhand voters by suing themselves
Whether or not you support Proposition 14, the conduct of the California legislature should make you furious. With complete disregard for the principles of “due process” and “fair trial,” political leaders inside the California Legislature struck a backroom deal whereby the opponents of Proposition 14 would sue the Secretary of
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Former governor: choose a political party or leave the country
You won’t believe this until you see it. In a stunning admission, former Governor of Kentucky and current State Senator Julian Carroll admitted, “I could care less what want…we operate democracy in this country with a two-party system.” These comments were expressed following an interview with independent activist