Colorado Independents Fight for Their Rights!

INDEPENDENT VOTERS

• Coming up, not your average midterms (By John P. Avlon, CNN)
• WASHINGTON POST-ABC NEWS POLL: 40% INDEPENDENTS, 31% DEMOCRATS, 24% REPUBLICANS (by Damon Eris, CAIVN)

ILLINOIS OPEN PRIMARIES

• Don't force voters to declare a party (BY PHIL KADNER, Southtown Star )
• Governor Quinn backs open primaries despite increased costs (Illinois Political Buzz Examiner, Dennis Brennan)
• Quinn, Brady tussle on crime issues (Chicago Tribune/Clout Street)
• Weighing The Pros And Cons Of An "Open Primary" (Progress Illinois)
• Polling place privacy -- a good idea, long overdue (Eric Zorn, Chicago Tribune/Change of Subject)

CALIFORNIA PROP 14

• Free And Equal: Media Ignores Ethic of Balanced Reporting in Effort to Push Agenda (Independent Political Report)

COLORADO

• The Right to be Independent is at Issue (Jacqueline Salit, Huffington Post) There are a lot of people in this country who are very unhappy with the political parties and their intense partisanship . Some are voters and some are officeholders. But whatever their status, they should have the right to leave a political party and become an independent without being penalized. The parties shouldn't be allowed to run the political process to suit their own purposes. The bottom line here is democracy, and that's what Kathleen, Joelle and I are asking the court to see.
• INDEPENDENTS FIGHT FOR A VOICE (BY PAMELA WHITE, Boulder Weekly) The number of independent voters is growing nationwide, and as their numbers increase, so does their desire to be full participants in elections that are currently dominated by two parties.
• Riddle continues to push election suit (Durango Telegraph/Quick & Dirty)
• Drew Munro — It's almost time to vote: Do you know where your candidate is? (Sky-Hi News) Wow. Democracy freed from the surly bonds of party politics. What a concept.

Poll- GO TO THE BOULDER WEEKLY TO TAKE THIS POLL BY CLICKING HERE
Do you think Colorado’s voting laws should be changed so that independent voters have the same rights as Democrats and Republicans?

 Yes! Our current laws are biased in favor of the two main parties.

 No! Our laws exist for a reason, even if I don´t know what it is.

 Not sure. I´d have to learn more about it.

 Don´t vote. Don´t care.

  

OREGON INDEPENDENT PARTY

• Editorial: Independents get no help (Democrat Herald)

TEA PARTY

• Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton downplay NAACP Tea Party resolution, push jobs, DC march (HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH, Associated Press, Cleveland Plain Dealer) Sharpton was a little more direct, saying issues surrounding the Tea Party go beyond claims of racism. He said the civil rights movement sought to pressure the federal government to step in when states were enforcing segregation laws, and the tea party's focus on states' rights puts people at risk.
• What if the Tea Party Were Black? (Mirror on America) Blogger, Professor, & author Christopher Chambers discusses the Tea Party on the RT network.

NEW YORK

• Questions Arise About Ciafone Residency In 36th AD (Queens Gazette/Political Page)
• Threatening the GOP’s “Independence”? Republican Pols Could Be Denied Independence Party Lines This Fall (by John Galt, Atlas Shrugs in Brooklyn blog)
• Party to Return Disputed Cash To Bloomberg (By MICHAEL HOWARD SAUL, Wall Street Journal) In a letter sent to the party's attorney on June 14, Assistant District Attorney Eric Seidel, chief of the rackets bureau, wrote that the party received about $350,000 in "stolen money" and is currently in possession of "some or all" of those funds. Mr. Seidel demanded the party send the money to the DA's office so that it could be returned to Mr. Bloomberg. [NOTE: The NY State Independence Party is run by Frank MacKay)

NYC CHARTER REVISION

• Term Limits Could Throw Out Council Members (by Courtney Gross, Gotham Gazette)
• Term Limits Appear Headed for Fall Ballot (By JAVIER C. HERNANDEZ, NY Times/City Room)
• City Agencies Uneven On Voter Registration Push (By Chris Giblin, City Limits)