Election Reform Editor for IVN.us since 2012. Studied history and philosophy at University of North Texas. Covers political and election reform efforts nationwide with deep expertise on the reform movement. Based in San Diego, CA.
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There is an A-list celebrity that has joined a growing movement to end political corruption in the United States: Jennifer Lawrence. Represent.us, the nation's largest grassroots anti-corruption campaign, announced recently that they are teaming up with the Hollywood star to raise money for the organization and its
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"We need to give something and people to be passionate about, who they know can lead and put our country ahead of political parties, use facts and common sense to solve problems, and ultimately not be influenced by the special interests who control both parties." - Greg Orman,
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There is a new party on the rise in Utah, and it wants to end taxpayer funding for closed partisan primary elections. Utah uses a semi-closed primary system for statewide and congressional offices. This means the parties get to choose whether or not to allow unaffiliated voters to participate in
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5 Key Ways to Bridge the Hyper-Partisan Divide on Infrastructure Centrist Project co-founder and author of the Centrist Manifesto, Charles Wheelan, identified 5 key ways lawmakers can put partisanship aside and come together on infrastructure. Wheelan published the first monthly column post on IVN Friday, August 11. His series is
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Commission on Presidential Debates Update: The Court has issued filing deadlines for the Commission on Presidential Debates Complaint: * Level the Playing Field's motion for Summary Judgment is due by 9/15/2017 LPF’s mission is to promote greater competition and choices in elections for federal office, particularly
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrK0CifulU0&feature=youtu.be US constitutional law scholar Noah Feldman says there are three common propositions that people have when they look at the state of politics in the US: 1. Partisanship has never been this bad; 2. It is "geographically spatialized&
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The American public is more skeptical of traditional and mainstream media outlets now than at any point in modern US history. So that leaves the question, in the era of "fake news," which outlets do Americans trust most? Here's a hint: Cable news is not doing
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Action movie icon and two-term California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is on a mission to end partisan gerrymandering. Partisan gerrymandering has become the biggest focus of Schwarzenegger's post-gubernatorial political career. He is working with lawyers to help in the case Whitford v. Gill, which is scheduled to be heard
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The 2020 presidential election has its first announced candidate, and he supports nonpartisan primary reform in all states: US Rep. John Delaney (D-Md.). Delaney officially announced he is running for the Democratic nomination in three years, explaining in an interview that he sees "no downside in getting in early&
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"It took me only a few minutes to see how to hack it." We have known for some time that state voting machines are incredibly vulnerable to cyberattack. Is this breaking news? No. White hat hackers (ethical hackers) in recent history have demonstrated time and time again just
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The FEC wants a federal judge to throw out a second complaint against the Commission on Presidential Debates. The commission filed a motion to dismiss Level the Playing Field's (LPF) supplemental complaint on Tuesday, July 25. LPF argues that the FEC continues to ignore a "mountain of
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmSBbh5QwEQ US Rep. Scott Peters (D-Calif) blasted President Trump's announcement that transgender individuals will be banned from military service. He filed an amendment to the Department of Defense appropriations bill Wednesday to block it. “I can’t think of anything more backwards