Join the Power Hour
I am reaching out today with a personal invitation to the Let Us Vote Community to participate in three independent actions. One takes 5 minutes, one takes 15 minutes, and one takes one and a half hours. All three can make a difference. Here at Let Us Vote, we are building a new kind of […]
Let Us Vote Launches National Poll
At this week’s Power Hour, Let Us Vote launched a National Poll of independent voters. Independent voters are now 47% of American voters, yet we are still misunderstood, in many instances willfully ignored by the media and the political class, and in 14 states denied the right to vote in primaries we help pay for […]
John Parliman
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Independent Exodus
On Monday, Open Primaries President, John Opdycke wrote an important opinion piece in The Fulcrum entitled The Independent Exodus. In the article, Opdycke lays out the increasing trend of Americans leaving the two parties and becoming independents. On Monday, Open Primaries President, John Opdycke wrote an important opinion piece in The Fulcrum entitled The Independent […]
Independent Breakthroughs
Open Primaries, IVP and the Forward Party File Brief with the US Supreme Court Challenging Closed Primaries Big news from the Sooner state – the campaign for open primaries made headlines across the state after two major wins in court for the Yes on 836 campaign. The first was a unanimous decision of the Oklahoma Supreme Court that rejected […]
Independents and the Supreme Court
Open Primaries, IVP and the Forward Party File Brief with the US Supreme Court Challenging Closed Primaries Two weeks ago, Open Primaries and the Independent Voter Project (IVP) were joined by the Forward Party and Florida Forward Party in submitting an amicus brief to the US Supreme Court in support of a writ of certiorari for Polelle v. Florida Secretary of State ; […]
Defending Voting Rights in TX and OH
Independent Voting Rights Under Attack The Republican Party of Texas filed a federal lawsuit against Texas Secretary of State Jane Nelson in a bid to restrict participation in the Republican party’s primary elections to only voters registered with the party. Let’s break it down. Texas does not have partisan voter registration and they have an […]
Invitation: Building Independent Power
Join fellow independents on September 22nd at 6:00 pm EDT for our next Let Us Vote Power Hour. This month we’ll spend an hour and a half together, share why we are independents; get a national update from Let Us Vote Program Manager, Cathy Stewart; and amplify our voices by writing Letters to the Editor […]
A sense of urgency
Dear Let Us Vote members, I want to fill you in on two initiatives underway to make sure independent voters receive the respect, recognition and reforms we deserve. But first – Gallup just released their latest data on the number of independents in the country. We are 43% of the electorate! Think about that number […]
NEWSFLASH – The New York Times – Disregards Independents Again
NEWSFLASH: The New York Times Disregards Independent Voters Hey everyone, On August 20th, the New York Times published an article by Shane Goldmacher with Jonah Smith entitled, “The Democratic Party Faces a Voter Registration Crisis.” The piece is an analysis of the states where the Republican party has gained voters and the Democratic Party has […]