We write the laws that open elections.
IVP has authored landmark ballot measures that changed how elections work in California and beyond. These are the laws we wrote, passed, and defended.
From ballot language to law
IVP doesn't just advocate for reform — we author it. Working with bipartisan coalitions of reformers, we craft ballot language, build legal frameworks, and drive the efforts that put structural election reform before voters.
Every initiative we've authored was designed to survive a courtroom. We anticipate legal challenges and build the constitutional defense before the measure even passes.
Laws we wrote and passed
Proposition 14 — California Top Two Primary
IVP authored the ballot measure that replaced California's closed partisan primaries with a nonpartisan Top Two system — giving every voter access to every candidate on a single ballot.
Read the Full StoryNearly 40 million Californians now participate in a primary system that doesn't require party membership. Proposition 14 remains the most significant structural election reform in modern California history.
San Diego Measure K — Nonpartisan November Elections
IVP authored the ballot measure that eliminated San Diego's 50%+1 rule, which allowed candidates to win city elections in low-turnout June primaries without ever facing voters in November.
Read the Full StoryPassed with 58.6% of the vote in November 2016. San Diego city races now always go to a November general election, where turnout is highest and most representative.
Reform starts with the law.
Support the legal work that makes election reform durable. Every initiative IVP authors is built to last.