Kaia Los Huertos graduated from San Diego State University in 2015 with a B.A. in Sociology. She is a Voices for Children Court Appointed Special Advocate, and is committed to increasing civil rights for all communities.
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In the wake of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer vowing to fight Trump "tooth and nail" on confirmation hearings, Vice President Joe Biden is imploring a different approach: Do your constitutional duty. Biden believes Senate Democrats should not copy the Republicans' tactic of obstructionism and give Trump&
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It’s been said before, what a year! We’ve followed the presidential election, electoral reform, and everything in between. Below, we've compiled the top articles on IVN from this past year - found using Facebook engagement and article pageviews. Check out the headlines and highlights of each
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The President-elect’s Cabinet appointments have dominated the news cycle, which only begs the question: What do these departments and offices actually do? The Cabinet is included in the Constitution, under Article II, Section 2, where it states: “The President...may require the Opinion, in writing, of the principal Officer
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The Mount Rushmore State did not pass nonpartisan primaries Tuesday night. South Dakota's Amendment V - Nonpartisan Elections didn't quite make the cut at 44.51% to 55.49%. Amendment V would have enacted a similar primary system as the one currently used for Nebraska legislative
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San Diego, CALIF.- Measure B, the planned community known as Lilac Hills Ranch, was the subject of an editorial from the San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial Board this week. The Editorial posted October 7, 2016. The following is a sample of what was published: "California is in desperate need
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San Diego, CALIF.- Measure M aims to increase the maximum number of housing units in the City of San Diego for people with low incomes. If approved, the City and other applicable public agencies would be allowed to help develop, construct, and/or acquire 10,000 more units for
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San Diego, CALIF.- Measure I regards the leasing of Balboa Park lands to San Diego High School. A "yes" vote would continue the lease of Balboa Park lands to San Diego High School, allowing the students and the campus to remain. Approval of Measure I would authorize
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Several California voter registrars confirmed last week what the Independent Voter Project warned Secretary of State Alex Padilla about well ahead of the 2016 primary elections. As a result of insufficient voter education programs and ballot design problems there was mass voter confusion during the primary, resulting in -- among
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The 2016 primaries have been fraught with controversy. Stories of purging, voter confusion, registration swaps, and lawsuits against state officials and practices have been popping up across the nation. If democracy functions best when the most people participate, then democracy during the 2016 primary season suffered. While many of the
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SAN DIEGO, CALIF. - The hotly contested race in San Diego City Council District 1 is currently too close to call as many late and provisional ballots still need to be counted. Democrat Barbara Bry is currently just shy of the 50 percent plus one threshold to avoid a November
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Democracy Now! turned its attention to California’s primary Tuesday, focusing on the excitement surrounding 600,000 new registered voters in the last two months and what that means with the current presidential primary rules in the state. In its segment, Democracy Now! featured the latest video from the Independent
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The Wisconsin gerrymandering case, Whitford v. Nichol, wrapped up Friday (5/27) following nearly a week of testimony. After the Department of Justice’s motion to dismiss the case was turned down for the second time in April, the case proceeded to federal court. The plaintiffs, twelve Wisconsin residents, are