How first-past-the-post voting turned a primary election into accusations of planted candidates, strategic surrenders, and a ...

In 2010, California voters took the first step in empowering every California voter by abolishing party-controlled closed ...

California has created one of the most voter-friendly election systems in the nation. Three distinct policies work together ...

In two debates over 48 hours, the seven leading candidates for California governor took the stage to make their final pitch ...

The national story is about which party gains seats. However, this obscures the local impact. Even if temporary, many voters ...

Independent Voter News covers elections, voter rights, and political reform from a nonpartisan perspective. Journalism that ...

The message from party leaders on both sides is predicated on a hypothetical – a “doomsday scenario” that will scare their ...

In all the drama on redistricting people are overlooking what the courts actually did: They made life miserable for extremists.

Cara and Shawn break down the manufactured "jungle primary" panic out of California (there's roughly an 8% chance of a ...

Chad Peace of the Independent Voter Project sat down this week with Molly Ruland on her podcast, "What Do We Do Next?," a show that asks the question most people in politics are quietly avoiding: if ...

The polarization we see in our politics is not a mystery. It is the predictable output of a system designed to produce it.

Mail-in ballots are out, and voting has begun in California’s June 2 primary. This election, though, is not just about who wins power. It is also a fight over who voters trust to run the system.