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 partisan primaries in favor of open nonpartisan primaries that advance the top ...

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

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

A broad cross-partisan coalition of California reformers launched More Choice California on Monday to lead the opposition ...

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

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

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

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.

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

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

In two debates over 48 hours, the seven leading candidates for California governor took the stage to make their final pitch to voters before the June 2 primary. Whoever wins this race will lead a ...