DE Open Primaries Bill Advances
BREAKING NEWS: INDIES HAVE THEIR SAY IN DOVER HB 188 Advances! In an overcrowded room in Delaware’s Legislative Hall, the House Elections and Government Affairs Committee held a hearing on HB 188, a bill to give 31% of Delaware’s voters who are independents primary voting rights. Rep. Michael Smith introduced the bill, and kicked off […]
Here’s why closed primaries must go
Here’s why closed primaries must go OPINIONCOMMENTARYGUEST ESSAYS Here’s why closed primaries must go By Nick Antonucci Voting is foundational in a democratic republic. Yet in New York, hundreds of thousands of residents are barred from one of the most consequential stages of our elections: the primary. As an unaffiliated voter, what New York State […]
Independent Voting Rights Take Center Stage
Independent Voting Rights Take Center Stage Delaware House Considers Open Primaries As of February 1st, there are over 245,000 independent/no party voters in the state of Delaware. That is 30.75 of the electorate. There are 22% more independents than Republicans across the state. But, Delaware is one of the 14 totally closed primary states where […]
The Fight for Open Primaries Spread
Hawaii Legislature Considers Top Two Nonpartisan Primaries On Friday, February 13th, the Hawaii State Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on SB2480. The bipartisan bill was introduced by State Senator Mike Gabbard and 3 other sponsors and would move Hawaii to a Top Two nonpartisan primary system where all voters would receive the same ballot […]
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 […]
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 […]