IVP is most well-known for authoring California's successful nonpartisan primary reform. Lasting election reform requires a practical approach. Independent Voter Project analyzes the legal, political, and social barriers to success, to focus on reforms that move us forward.
It’s simple. Taxpayers fund them. Public officials run them.
So all voters should get to vote in them.
Pundits ignore us. Primaries exclude us. Political scientists say we are just “closet partisans.”
Nonsense.
The Existence is a monthly giving program that allows us to challenge the partisan establishment, make lasting election reform possible, and tell the political class: you can’t ignore us any longer.
The “Make It With Mexico” conference brings together stakeholders from both sides of the border to discuss simple idea: We Should, Make It With Mexico.
We've joined forces with national reformers to bring San Diegans more choices at the ballot box and better representation.
Learn more >>For a state that claims to lead the nation in voter rights, California’s presidential primary rules are a study in hypocrisy.
Learn more >>Not sure what kind of primary election your state holds? No problem! Our interactive primary map lists each state's primary and contains useful resources.
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