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In Arizona, courting the independent vote requires a new playbook

Posted by Danny Battista on October 19, 2018 at 6:10 PM

pbs_news_hour_logo.pngDaniel Bush - October 19, 2018

PHOENIX, Ariz. — Tim Castro’s cellphone was blowing up. President Donald Trump had just mocked Christine Blasey Ford at a campaign rally, questioning her sexual assault allegation against Judge Brett Kavanaugh. It was early October, and Kavanaugh’s fate remained in doubt, the final Senate vote still days away.

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Are independent voters being left out of city elections?

Posted by Danny Battista on March 26, 2018 at 2:09 PM

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Jerod MacDonald-Evoy, The Republic | azcentral.com - March 26, 2019

Chandler voters will decide on city leaders this year, but some worry independent voters aren't getting a fair shake. 

Here's why:

Chandler and many other Arizona cities will hold elections in August that coincide with statewide primary races. To vote in the partisan state races, voters must decide whether they want a Republican or Democratic ballot. Independent voters on the early voting roster do not automatically get primary ballots sent to them like committed Republicans or Democratss. They must reach out to clarify which ballot they want.

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Independent voters are rewriting the political playbook

Posted by Danny Battista on October 15, 2017 at 9:00 AM

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By Jacqueline Salit Special to the Star - October 15, 2017

Politics in America have always been seen through the prism of the two parties, even when challenges to those parties have arisen. If disruptions in that two-party fabric at the end of the last century came in the form of renegade outsider presidential candidates such as Ross Perot and Ralph Nader, the 2016 presidential elections brought massive voter rebellions inside the major parties. As gridlock, partisanship and dysfunction persist, we might ask ourselves, what comes next?

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How partisan is too partisan? Wrong question.

Posted by Danny Battista on October 01, 2017 at 10:00 AM

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John Barrow - October 1, 2017

The U.S. Supreme Court is slated to tackle one of the most divisive issues in election law: partisan gerrymandering. The June announcement that the court will review the problem in a case from Wisconsin has caused some to wonder: Do we really want the Supreme Court to decide how partisan is too partisan?

This misstates the problem. The question is not whether the courts should decide how partisan is too partisan. It is how to make it possible for voters to decide that for themselves.

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Independents resist party dogma and political extremism

Posted by Danny Battista on September 24, 2017 at 4:00 PM

 

AZ_daily_sun.pngBy Andrea Christelle Special to the Daily Sun - September 24, 2017

Independent voters want electoral reform that provides equal access to both sides of the ballot — for candidates and for voters. Last weekend the League of Women Voters of the Greater Verde Valley in Sedona and the American Association of University Women in Flagstaff held forums to learn more about independent voters. In our state and in our nation, registering without a party affiliation is increasingly popular. Nationally, 44% of registered voters are independent, and 34% of Arizonans are. This might be bad for political parties, but it could be great for American democracy.

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Analysis: These voters in Arizona are fed up with Democrats, Republicans and, most of all, Trump

Posted by Danny Battista on August 04, 2017 at 7:05 AM

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Cathleen Decker - August 4, 2017

Reporting from Phoenix — In Arizona, where the Great Recession cut a deep swath through home prices and shook all facets of the economy, voters are now increasingly buoyant about the fiscal future they envision for themselves and the nation.

They’re saving their ire for politics and politicians.

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Testimony before the Committee on Elections

Posted by Cathy Stewart on March 28, 2016 at 3:15 PM

AZ_Primary_Hearing_1.jpgAmanda Melcher of Independent Voters for Arizona, testified today before the Arizona State Legislature Election Committee on the systemic failures of last Tuesday's presidential primary election. Below is her full testimony.

 

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Statement by Tim Castro & Jacqueline Salit on Presidential preference election

Posted by Cathy Stewart on March 23, 2016 at 5:03 PM

Election ArizonaYesterday's Presidential preference election in Arizona was marred by long lines and wait times for voters prompting Gov. Ducey to go on record about the fiasco:  "One way we can fix things is to simplify them,” he said, in a statement. “That means allowing independents to vote in presidential primaries, just as they vote in all other Arizona primaries. A big part of yesterday's problem was registered voters showing up, and being told they couldn’t vote. That's just wrong. If people want to take the time to vote they should be able to, and their vote should be counted."  Below is a statement issued by Tim Castro and Jacqueline Salit on the election.

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Independents Ask: Can this Phoenix Rise from the Ashes?

Posted by Cathy Stewart on March 21, 2016 at 2:35 PM

Jacqueline Salit is author of Independents Rising and president of IndependentVoting.org, a national association of independent voters seeking full inclusion in elections. Here she offers commentary on the suspension of the operation by the Arizona Open and Honest Elections coalition to secure ballot access for two political reform initiatives for the November ballot. 

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Patrick McWhortor - Don't Undermine the Independence of Independents

Posted by Cathy Stewart on February 29, 2016 at 2:22 PM

"Here we are," began Patrick McWhortor in his remarks at the joint press conference sponsored by Open Primaries Arizona and Independent Voter of Arizona,  "On the day when 1.2 million voters in Arizona are being told that the only way they can participate in the most visible election in the country, the nomination of someone to serve in the highest office in the land, is to undermine their commitment to being independent by requiring them to change their voter registration to a political party. This is the most sweeping voter suppression effort we have seen in recent history in America – the deliberate exclusion of independent voters."

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  • In Arizona, courting the independent vote requires a new playbook October 19, 2018
  • Are independent voters being left out of city elections? March 26, 2018
  • Independent voters are rewriting the political playbook October 15, 2017
  • How partisan is too partisan? Wrong question. October 01, 2017