Saturday, August 30, 2008
TODAY'S NEWS HEADLINES for INDEPENDENT VOTERS
INDEPENDENT VOTERS
REFORM
THIRD PARTY NEWS
McCain, Pennsylvania GOP try to block Barr from ballot (by Libertarian Party, SmallGovTimes.com)
- IFC Jumps on Election Coverage Bandwagon - Network Says Specials Will Track Campaigns with Independent Voters in Mind (Multichannel News)
- Independents believe in themselves (LETTER Arizona Republic)
REFORM
- Majority rule: Minnesota’s electoral system doesn’t work well in multi-party environment (Timberjay Newspapers) which is why state leaders need to start taking electoral reforms, such as the instant runoff, seriously.
- We need instant runoff voting (LETTER to St. Petersburg Times)
- Cincinnati Asks Voters to Decide Whether to Use Single Transferable Vote for City Council (Ballot Access News)
- IRV: beyond the top-two primary - The current debate over whether the top-two primary violates party rights, confuses voters, or props up the secretary of state as the restorer... (Seattle Times)
- Six proposals, including term limits, head to voters (Memphis Commercial Appeal)
THIRD PARTY NEWS
McCain, Pennsylvania GOP try to block Barr from ballot (by Libertarian Party, SmallGovTimes.com)
Labels: Bob Barr, independent voters, Instant Runoff Voting, John McCain, Libertarian Party, open primary, Oregon Measure 65
