June 11, 2025

Hi, Cathy here, project manager of Let Us Vote. I have an idea.  I am starting a video conversation every other week with independent voters. I am calling this The Independent Spotlight and I want to invite you to participate.

Here’s the deal. I am sick and tired of independents being ignored, misunderstood (if I hear that we are closet partisans one more time…) and here at Let Us Vote we want to change that narrative.

I believe independents have a lot to say. That we are the pathway forward for America.

We are less driven by partisanship, we are diverse and people need to get to know us!

So, every other week, I am going to spend a half hour with 3-4 independents. I am going to ask you a few questions and then we are going to post these videos all over our website, on social media, and you can share these videos too.

Do you wish more people respected independent voters? Would you like to have a conversation on zoom with me and a couple of other independents?

Sign up here and I will reach out to you and schedule a time for your visit to The Independent Spotlight.

Over 800,000 Independent voters in Nevada just got the power to vote in primaries–if the Governor lets it happen

With a 12 to 9 vote in the Senate, the Nevada Legislature has passed open primary bill AB597 which would enfranchise the state’s 840,000 nonpartisans -the largest voting bloc in the state. It’s a similar bill to the New Mexico open primary bill that was signed into law only last month, and would allow nonpartisan voters (independents) in the state to pick a primary ballot.

Bill sponsor Assembly Speaker Steve Yeager has gone on the record that he introduced the bill as a response to reformers on the ground who nearly passed Question 3 (nonpartisan open primaries) in 2024 and have continued to challenge the legislature since:

“The dam is going to break one way or another. The question is: Are we going to be part of the process?”

The bill now goes to the Governor Lombardo’s desk. As our friend and Executive Director of Vote Nevada Sondra Cosgrove declared:

“To protect civil rights in Nevada, every eligible voter must be empowered to participate fully in all publicly financed elections. It is encouraging to see that so many of our legislators, and we hope the governor, also share this view through their support of Assembly Bill 597.” 

All credit goes to Sondra, Doug Goodman, Cesar Marquez and all the Nevada activists who have worked tirelessly to keep the pressure on the legislature and whose underlying message of voter disenfranchisement clearly struck a chord with the state’s political establishment. If you are a nonpartisan voter in Nevada, please send Gov. Lombardo a note urging him to sign the bill and allow 840,000 Nevadans the right to vote in primaries. You can send the Governor a message here.

SOURCE: Not Invited to the Primary Party

For a copy of the full report, email cstewart@openprimaries.org