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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Maine State Senator Michael Carpenter pinned an op-ed for the Bangor Daily News Tuesday that calls on lawmakers not to repeal the voter-approved ranked choice voting statute, but instead find compromise. Carpenter, a former state attorney general, initially co-sponsored the bill that calls for full repeal, but after listening to
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There is one message that voters are getting in Georgia's 6th Congressional District (and elections across the country): Be angry. Reports ahead of Tuesday's election show a 150 percent increase in early voter turnout. That is impressive, but many are attributing this turnout to people coming
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mXD9mN4EI8 Update 6/19/17: The Supreme Court voted 5-4 to issue a stay in Gill v. Whitford. This means until the justices rule on the case itself, the current electoral maps will stay in place. The Supreme Court will decide if a lower
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Pennsylvania is the latest battleground over the issue of partisan gerrymandering. Several plaintiffs filed a lawsuit Thursday challenging congressional maps drawn by the Republican-controlled Pennsylvania General Assembly that are "so bizarrely engineered that the only fair inference is that the Republican mapmakers made them so for partisan advantage."
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U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz has been marred in controversy since the 2016 presidential election. Now, embroiled in a criminal investigation, the congresswoman has a 2018 primary challenger: Progressive Democrat Tim Canova. First, she resigned her post as DNC chair after thousands of emails leaked implicating her and other
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nh18lQVgmLQ "I am sickened by this despicable act. And let me be perfectly as clear as I can be; violence of any kind is unacceptable, and I condemn this action in the strongest possible terms." - U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.
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North Carolina voters not affiliated with the Republican or Democratic Parties cannot serve on the state's Board of Elections. That's right, state law says only registered Republicans and Democrats can. This means tough luck for independents or third party voters. Well, one N.C. attorney hopes
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The Portland Press Herald published an editorial Thursday, calling on lawmakers to save ranked choice voting. Maine lawmakers are currently considering two bills that would either amend the constitution for ranked choice voting or fully repeal the voter-approved statute. READ MORE: Sen. King to Maine Lawmakers: Let Voters Decide Fate
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Independent US Senator Angus King says Maine lawmakers should respect the will of the people and uphold the November election results by rejecting full repeal of ranked choice voting. Mainers sent a message to state lawmakers in November that they want better elections and a more accountable government in Augusta.
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Millions of New Jersey voters were faced with a difficult decision Tuesday: Join a party or don't vote at all. That’s because the first stage of New Jersey’s taxpayer-funded and publicly-administered elections are open to Republicans and Democrats only. So, for a plurality of New Jersey
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New York voters are not likely to get a win in the current state legislative session. That is, at least, the prediction of an article published in the Gotham Gazette Monday. (Thanks to Ballot Access News' Richard Winger for the link). The legislative session ends on June 21, yet
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There is an update in the DNC lawsuit and it is sure to raise some eyebrows. Three law firms representing plaintiffs in the class action lawsuit, Wilding, et. al. v. DNC, et. al., filed a notice to the United States federal court Thursday, alleging that they received direct contact from