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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Almost two years ago, we launched IVN with a simple idea: to provide a place for readers and contributors of all political tendencies to publish real news, bound only by a simple etiquette. During that time, we’ve experienced rapid growth and witnessed a productive community develop that cannot be
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We’ve entered an unprecedented era of politicians and commentators who act as self-appointed representatives of “the People,” fighting against the golden-idols who only claim to represent “the People.” So how can these thought leaders all be so right and so against each other at the same time? Naturally, we
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All the hoopla in Texas right now is over state Senator Wendy Davis and her now famous filibuster of the Texas Legislature's push to end abortions in the state. While the issue of "women's rights" and "women's health" is surely
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The "liberal" community, including its passionate support for gay marriage has been all the twitter the last two days over the Supreme Court's decisions on DOMA and Proposition 8. Conservatives lie in shock, as two "traditional marriage" protecting laws have gone up in flames.
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The San Diego County Board of Supervisors showed unanimous support today for Hazel's Law, authored by Juan Vargas, a bill that would impose strict liability on the age requirement for child sex trafficking. From Representative Juan Vargas' press release: San Diego, CA“Hazel’s Law,”“Hazel’s
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Ron Paul sent an urgent e-mail to his massive e-mail and fundraising base in opposition to a National ID Card vote on the current immigration reform bill. Ron Paul calls the National ID card amendment a ploy by the "Gang of Eight," which includes Chuck Schumer, Lindsay Graham,
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A hearing on a motion to dismiss in the Rubin v. Bowen matter Monday morning addressed the minor parties’ lawsuit challenging Proposition 14 in Alameda Superior Court over two main allegations: (1) California's non-partisan Top-Two Primary interferes with the minor parties "Constitutional right" to appear on
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Libertarians often get blamed for being on the extremes; true to philosophy and guarded against practical compromise. When it comes to libertarian politics, no one articulates a libertarian message more consistently and as widely as Ron Paul. The self-proclaimed "champion of the Constitution," has argued for everything from
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The latest voter registration figures in the City of San Diego explain the collapse of the Republican Party in the City. And the numbers don't look good for their prospects in 2014. For the first time, voters who decline to state a party preference now outnumber Republicans in
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The Independent Voter Project, authors of California's new nonpartisan "Top-Two Open Primary" (Proposition 14), will be filing a new initiative with the California Secretary of State that will cut right to the core of partisan institutionalization. The new initiative, which is undergoing preliminary drafting, would prohibit
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The housing bubble burst when the house of cards built by reckless lending practices and an out of control derivative market came crashing down. The Federal Reserve drove interest rates down, while banks came up with creative financing methods to fund sub-prime mortgages that would otherwise not be safe investments.
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(TEXAS) - Last week, the Texas House passed a bill that would have the government pay for partisan primaries directly, instead of reimbursing the parties for their expanses (HB 3065). In most states, the government administers and pays for the costs of holding partisan primary elections. However, in Texas, the