Idaho voters should not be forced to join a party to vote!

"Idaho doesn't have Democrats and Republicans, Idaho has voters," attorney Harry Kresky told The Associated Press. "Just like people have the freedom of association - to become members of a group and have closed events - there is also the freedom of non-association. I don't think every voter in Idaho should be forced take part in partisan registration."


"The Republicans really did the Independents a favor - we didn't have a hot button issue until this came along to fire the Independents up," American Independent Movement organizer Campbell said. "It's really helped us as an organizing tool."

TODAY'S NEWS HEADLINES for INDEPENDENT VOTERS

CAMPAIGN

• “18 Million Cracks” (The Rutherford Lawson Blog) It can also be said that Braun, Shirley Chisolm, Lenora Fulani and Elizabeth Dole, each in their own way paved the road for Hillary.
• November Election in the Hands of the Independents (KCBS) California's senior Senator, Dianne Feinstein told ABC's "This Week," that the race won't come down to color. It will be in the hands of independent voters.
• Lieberman’s transformation from Dems’ VP pick to McCain mouthpiece (Muckety News) None of the talk of retribution and betrayal fazes Lieberman. He said “the post-2006 chapter of my life” has freed him from “tribal partisanship.”
• Sunday Snapshot -- Don't Cry For Me, America (Hotline blog/National Journal) Talk show round-up-NBC's Gregory: "I think independent voters are going to be so interesting to watch in this cycle because you've got two candidates who have demonstrated success among independent voters, notably John McCain.
• Rasmussen: Obama Leads McCain By 6 (By Justin Gardner, Donkelephant)

REFORM
Mississippians want options at the polls (By The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal) Mississippians clearly want the option to vote in any primary they wish. If anything, they want an even more open system like Louisiana's, where all the candidates are on the same ballot, regardless of party.

LOCAL CAMPAIGNS

• GEORGIA: Faye Coffield, Georgia Independent Candidate for Congress (Ballot Access News)
• PENNSYLVANIA: PRESS RELEASE: Dissatisfied Clinton Supporters Flock to Third Party in Droves (Gather.com)
• WASHINGTON: New ballot option on nonpartisan offices (Seattle Post Intelligencer)

TODAY'S NEWS HEADLINES for INDEPENDENT VOTERS

• Debate site: Diversity at last...
• Debate surrogates go after Clintonism
• Clinton Obama Clinton Obama polls
• Eliminate political affiliations in Newark

TODAY'S NEWS HEADLINES for INDEPENDENT VOTERS

• Independent voters could sway primary in New Hampshire (Copley News Service)
• COFOE Raises Enough Money for Proposed New North Carolina Lawsuit (Ballot Access News)
• Ethical House wouldn’t have to worry (Opinion-Ft. Wayne Journal Gazette)
• Obama has strong appeal to independents (USA Today)
• NH: Immersed in politics, from city hall up-"To me, both parties are a compromise," Hill said. (Union Leader)
• NC: Group to collect signatures in support of nonpartisan school-board elections (Winston Salem Journal)

Washington: Supreme Court to consider "top two" primary

From Stateline.org: The U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether to let Washington state voters use a “top two” primary-election scheme that, if upheld, could be a model for reformers looking to loosen political parties’ grip on the nomination process....