IVP was founded in 2006 to provide voters with accurate and reliable information about important public policy issues and to encourage non-partisan voters to vote and to participate in the democratic
On January 5, the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. heard oral argument in the case, Level the Playing Field, et. al. v. FEC. Level the Playing Field filed a lawsuit challenging the nonprofit status of the Commission on Presidential Debates on the basis that it is not
A dos semanas de que Donald Trump inicie su mandato, el día de hoy, la Corte Federal de Distrito en Washington, D.C. escuchó argumentos orales en la demanda introducida por Level the Playing Field (LPF), la cual cuestiona el estatus de organización sin fines de lucro de la Comisión
The U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. heard oral arguments today in the lawsuit filed by Level the Playing Field (LPF) challenging the nonprofit status of the Commission on Presidential Debates, just under two weeks before President-elect Donald Trump will be sworn into office. Level the Playing Field&
California’s top-two nonpartisan primary, authored in 2009 by the Independent Voter Project (IVP) and approved by California voters as Proposition 14 the following year, has become the proverbial “Political Writers Full-Employment Act,” and will continue to be for some time. We have now completed three cycles since it first
San Diego, Calif. — Independent Voter Project (IVP), en sociedad con Alliance San Diego, fue exitoso en lograr la aprobación de la Medida K, la cual expande el proceso de toma de decisión para los votantes de la Ciudad de San Diego. Con una fuerte coalición integrada por líderes comunitarios, sindicatos,
The Business and Leadership Policy Conference hosted annually by the Independent Voter Project in Maui, Hawaii, exists to bring legislators, policy advocates, and industry professionals together to exchange ideas and have substantive discussions on the greatest issues affecting California lawmakers, businesses, and state residents. Though the discussion tends to focus
The Independent Voter Project’s 2016 Business and Leadership Policy Conference, an annual event with legislators, industry professionals, and policy experts, kicked off Monday with Idaho Governor Butch Otter (R) and Kevin Klowden, executive director of the Milken institute’s California Center, discussing specifically the economy.While Otter spoke of
San Diego, Calif. -- The Independent Voter Project (IVP), in partnership with Alliance San Diego, has succeeded in helping to pass Measure K, expanding the decision making process for voters in the City of San Diego. With a supportive coalition of community, labor, and voting rights organizations, Measure K was
Virginia Delegate Sam Rasoul has introduced new legislation that would implement a nonpartisan, top-two primary similar to California's new election system passed in 2010 under Proposition 14 (authored by the Independent Voter Project, a co-publisher of IVN). Rasoul argues that the statewide reform will bring fairer and more
En respuesta a una pieza de opinión publicada por el LA Times, la cual prácticamente culpa a Top-Dos por la decadencia del Partido Republicano de California y su transformación a un estado de un solo partido político, Bill Bloomfield, empresario y anterior candidato independiente para el Congreso, escribió una carta
In a response to an opinion piece published in the LA Times, essentially blaming top-two for the decline of the California Republican Party and California's move to a one-party state, businessman and former independent congressional candidate Bill Bloomfield wrote a letter to the editor over the weekend, explaining
La Corte de Distrito de los Estados Unidos en Washington, D.C. escuchará argumentos en una demanda que cuestiona a la FEC por no regular debidamente a la Comisión de los Debates Presidenciales. La corte estableció la fecha de la audiencia para el miércoles 7 de enero, 2017, tan sólo