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Is New Mexico Finally Ready to Open Its Primary Elections?

There are more than 330,000 registered independent voters in New Mexico. However, none of these voters have full access to the taxpayer-funded elections process as a result of the state's closed partisan primary system.

By Shawn Griffiths

February 13, 2025

Is New Mexico Finally Ready to Open Its Primary Elections?

NYC Won't Show Independent Voters Much Love This Valentine's Day

In New York City, it goes without saying that the most consequential election in nearly every race is in the Democratic Primary. However, if registered independent voters don't join a party soon, they will be completely denied a say.

By Shawn Griffiths

February 11, 2025

NYC Won't Show Independent Voters Much Love This Valentine's Day

DC Appeals Court Revives Democrats' Effort to Kill the Already Approved Initiative 83

Alex Koma of Loose Lips @WCP reports that a significant legal battle over Initiative 83 (I-83) has been reignited after the District of Columbia Court of Appeals ruled on February 6, 2025, to remand the case to Superior Court

By Cara Brown McCormick

February 10, 2025

DC Appeals Court Revives Democrats' Effort to Kill the Already Approved Initiative 83

Open Primaries President: Voters Don't Trust Reformers Right Now; We Need to Earn That Trust

The nonprofit reform group Open Primaries hosted its first Primary Buzz Discussion of 2025 last week. But this conversation worked differently as Open Primaries President John Opdycke was the one being interviewed.

By Shawn Griffiths

February 6, 2025

Open Primaries President: Voters Don't Trust Reformers Right Now; We Need to Earn That Trust

Advocates Push for Reform to Stop Partisan Manipulation of Ballot Measures

An Election Reformers Network (ERN) report covering a 13-year period has found that state lawmakers and elected officials are increasingly manipulating the ballot initiative process to block or impede citizen-led efforts.

By Cara Brown McCormick

February 4, 2025

Advocates Push for Reform to Stop Partisan Manipulation of Ballot Measures

Virginia Senate Advances Bill to Expand Ranked Choice Voting in Local Elections

The Virginia Senate approved a bill Monday that would expand the authority of local governments to conduct elections using ranked choice voting (RCV). The bill (SB1009) grants cities, counties, and towns the ability to implement RCV for all elections.

By Shawn Griffiths

February 4, 2025

Virginia Senate Advances Bill to Expand Ranked Choice Voting in Local Elections

Report Finds Ranked Choice Voting Is Working in Utah and Voters Like It

In late 2024, the Herbert Institute at Utah Valley University released two reports on Utah’s ranked choice voting (RCV) pilot program. In the reports, Professors Alan Parry and John Kidd and co-authors Michael Erickson and Addison Stott capture the high level of support for RCV among Utah voters, as

By Rachel Hutchinson

January 30, 2025

Report Finds Ranked Choice Voting Is Working in Utah and Voters Like It

Washington State Reformers Testify in Favor of Pro-Ranked Choice Voting Bill

This morning, KIRO News Radio reporter Matt Markovich had exciting news for political reformers: Washington lawmakers have introduced and held their first public hearing on House Bill 1448, which allows local governments across the state to adopt ranked choice voting (RCV).

By Cara Brown McCormick

January 29, 2025

Washington State Reformers Testify in Favor of Pro-Ranked Choice Voting Bill

ALL INDY: Alaska’s Reformers Will Protect Electoral Innovations and Break New Ground in 2026

Ballotpedia reports this week that in 2026, Alaska’s independent voters will have the chance to solidify their role as election reform pioneers by voting on two initiatives.

By Cara Brown McCormick

January 28, 2025

ALL INDY: Alaska’s Reformers Will Protect Electoral Innovations and Break New Ground in 2026

MERGER: The Organization that Brought Ranked Choice Voting and Ended SuperPACs in Maine Joins California’s Nonpartisan Primary Pioneers

The Chamberlain Project, an organization I co-founded with Peter Ackerman a decade ago, has been dissolved. The Chamberlain Boards have voted to combine all of Chamberlain’s associated entities, including Americans Elect, Level the Playing Field, the Committee for Ranked Choice Voting, and Citizens

By Cara Brown McCormick

January 23, 2025

MERGER: The Organization that Brought Ranked Choice Voting and Ended SuperPACs in Maine Joins California’s Nonpartisan Primary Pioneers

Oklahoma City Mayor: Our Partisan Politics Is a Consequence of Partisan Primary Elections

Oklahoma City Mayor David Holt sat down with former RNC chair and MSNBC commentator Michael Steele to talk about the difference between the partisan politics in DC versus the more pragmatic outcomes at the local level.

By Shawn Griffiths

January 21, 2025

Oklahoma City Mayor: Our Partisan Politics Is a Consequence of Partisan Primary Elections

Gallup: National Independent ID Remains at Record High

Gallup has released its annual look back at what party affiliation looked like in the previous year. What it found was independent ID remained steady at a record-high 43% from 2023 to 2024.

By Shawn Griffiths

January 21, 2025

Gallup: National Independent ID Remains at Record High