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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What does it mean when we say “rigged elections”? For starters, the Republican Party wants to shut independents out of primaries altogether while Democratically controlled states like California and New York have made it more difficult for independent voters to participate. And the two major parties have, literally, a bipartisan
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Over a majority of Americans feel frustrated, helpless, angry, or a combination of the three with the 2016 presidential election, according to a new poll. Further, only 10 percent of respondents have a "great deal" of confidence in the U.S.'s political system. The new poll
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Curly Haugland, the RNC committeeman who made news earlier this year for saying all Republican delegates are unbound and can vote their conscience from the first vote, co-authored a commentary piece on CNBC with policy consultant Sean Parnell furthering the claim that delegates do not have to listen to primary
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La más reciente encuentra a nivel estatal realizada por el Instituto de Politica Pública de California (PPIC por sus siglas en inglés) muestra que el Senador Bernie Sanders está cerrando la brecha con Hillary Clinton en las elecciones primarias presidenciales de California. De acuerdo a los resultados de la encuesta,
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The latest statewide survey from the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) shows U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders closing the gap on Hillary Clinton in the Democratic presidential primary in California. According to the survey's results, Sanders now trails Clinton by only two percentage points, 44% to 46%
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Secretary of State Alex Padilla announced Tuesday that nearly 200,000 California citizens registered to vote or updated their information at RegisterToVote.ca.gov on Monday, May 23, the final day to register for the June 7 primary elections. According to the secretary of state, total voter registration is now
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A group of Bernie Sanders supporters filed a lawsuit in California on Friday, alleging that California's presidential primary and voter registration process is confusing many California voters, and some county election officials are not doing enough to educate voters on their options. The lawsuit seeks a voter registration
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U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders brought his presidential campaign back to San Diego, and spoke on the issues that have increased his popularity nationwide, including campaign finance reform, bridging the income gap, and opening presidential elections to all voters. "Together we are going to create an economy that works
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The Daily Caller (TheDC) reported Thursday that billionaire David Koch has pledged "tens of millions of dollars" to support Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson in the 2016 election. This information reportedly was provided by a source within the Johnson campaign. TheDC reports: "Koch’s money will be
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Thirty-two cities across the country have professional football teams. Each of those cities has gone through the very difficult task of building a new stadium. The Chargers’ search for a new stadium in San Diego has been well documented. The team's efforts the past 15 years or so
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Saturday's Nevada Democratic Convention is now mired in controversy as reports from independent sources surfaced of delegate tampering and rule changes that ignored support for U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), and took away delegates he earned at county conventions in March. The 16-hour convention began with a
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El candidato presidencial republicano Donald Trump ha tomado otra postura populista que muchos republicanos desaprueban. En una plática reciente con el programa Meet the Press de NBC, Trump dijo: “He visto lo que está pasando, y no sé cómo la gente puede vivir con $7.25. Habiendo dicho eso, me