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"Contact us today to get connected to our network of independent voter groups below. Together we're making a difference."
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Independent groups
CUIP is motivating, training and supporting an activist network of independent leaders who are building throughout the country.
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AL, Independent Alabama
AZ, Grand Canyon Independent Voters
CA, IndependentVoice.Org
CO, Colorado Independent Voters
CT, Connecticut for Lieberman
CT, Independent Party
DC, District of Columbia Independents for Citizen Control
FL, Sunshine Independents
GA, Georgia Committee of Independent Voters
GA, iMove
IA, Independent Voters of Iowa
ID, America Independent Movement
IL, United Independents of Illinois
IN, Independent Hoosiers
KS, Wichita Metro Political Independent Voice of Kansas
KY, Kentucky Independent Voters
MA, Massachusetts Coalition of Independent Voters
MD, Free State Independents
ME, Committee for an Independent Voice
MO, Independent Missouri
NC, Greater Hickory Metro Independent Committee
NC, Independents for Change
NJ, Committee for an Independent New Jersey
NY, Independence Party
OH, Independent Voters Alliance (OHIVA)
OR, Committee for an Independent Voice
PA, Independent Pennsylvanians
SC, Independence Party of South Carolina
SD, South Dakota Voice of Independents
TN, Tennessee Independent Voters
TX, Independent Texans
UT, Utah League of Independent Voters
VT, Vermont Committee for an Independent Voice
WI, Wisconsin Group for an Independent Voice (WiGiv)
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Sign the Open Primary Letter to President Barack Obama. 33 states have open primaries in which independents can vote. 18 states do not. Were it not for open primaries, Obama would not have won the Democratic nomination. Join thousands in asking President Obama to take concrete steps to protect and expand open primaries. Sign the letter online.
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Every six weeks, CUIP president Jacqueline Salit hosts a national conference call for independents. She provides updates about what independents are doing around the country and how the movement is growing. Get connected, hear updates. Click Here |
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Independent Pennslyvanians. The controversial subject of open primaries was in the news with a Point/Counter Point discussion in the Morning Call featuring T.J. Rooney, chair of the state Democratic Party and Barry Kaufmann, Exec. Dir. of Common Cause. It precipitated a follow up letter to the editor by Independent Pennsylvanians leader Mark Balsam. Rep. Eugene DePasquale's [D-York] press release announcing legislation in support of open primaries makes note of Independent Pennsylvanians' role in building momentum for the issue. |
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Georgia Independent Voters and IMove have joined forces to screen 14 candidates running for Mayor of Atlanta. An 8-member screening committee has been set up and a questionnaire sent to all candidates with invitations to attend one of three screenings dates. The Atlanta mayoral race is a nonpartisan contest. The two groups representing independent voters plan to post candidates' answers to the questionnaire on their website. |
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More than half of Utah voters (51.5%) consider themselves independent. To give voice to their concerns, the Utah League of Independent Voters (ULIV) has set up a website and is participating in a redistricting initiative sponsored by Fair Boundaries. One hundred and ten thousand signatures are required to get the initiative on the ballot. Randy Miller leads the group.
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Independents of Kentucky got off to a running start when Michael Lewis of Louisville, Mark Ritter of Frankfort, and Jodi George from Lebanon testified in March at a House subcommittee hearing on an open primaries bill. The legislation had been introduced by a Republican state Assemblyman at the urging of Jodi George, a consitutent in the Lebanon area. Michael, Mark, Vicki and Jodi presented legislators with the signatures of more than 80 KY independent voters urging passage of the bill – signatures that they had collected in person and in phone calls to Kentucky independents weeks before the hearing. Although open primaries did not get the nod this time around, the four are rolling up their sleeves for another try next year. Read more in the Frankfort Journal. |
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Idaho Independents Fight to Keep Primaries Open. Mitch Campbell, founder of the American Independent Movement of Idaho, is the initiator of a legal action on behalf of independent voters in his state whose ability to vote in open primaries has been threatened by a Republican Party lawsuit seeking to force the state of Idaho to close its primaries and institute partisan voter registration. Read more  |
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Kim Wright, Founder of South Dakota Voice of Independents. "Independent voters are not allowed to vote in our state's primary election. South Dakota is one of 18 states that does not offer open primaries. According to national polls, 32 to 40 percent of America's voters consider themselves independent and do not identify with either of the two major parties." Read more
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Independents at Democracy in America Conference. Nancy Ross, CUIP's Director of Special Projects, attended the Democracy in America conference and reports. Read more.  |
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Independents at Claim Democracy Conference. Harry Kresky (pictured on right with US Term Limits and Initiative & Referendum champion Paul Jacob) led a workshop on the subject of fusion-voting and the Independence Party experience in NY at a conference on political reform sponsored by FairVote and 60 other organizations. Read more.  |
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Oregon Open Primary Initiative Relaunches for 2008. Opening up partisan primaries to independent voters is a litmus test issue on the political reform front and now Phil Keisling, a former Oregon Secretary of State, is planning an effort to put an open primary initiative on the ballot in November 2008. Read more. |
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Independents Take Action Against Exclusionary Debate. CUIP mobilized independents to write letters to AARP, Iowa Public Television and PBS urging the inclusion of former Senator Mike Gravel and Rep. Dennis Kucinich who were excluded from the presidential forum in Davenport, Iowa. Click here to read more |
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2007 National Conference of Independents. Hosted by CUIP political director Jackie Salit, 500 independents from 31 states gathered in New York City for a day long event featuring an in-depth look at how independents can increase visibility and influence in the political process. |
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The Southern Regional Conference of Independents. Georgia Independent Voters ("GIV") co-chair Murray Dabby (right) with independent broadcaster Rob Redding of www.reddingnewsreview.com were among 50 who attended the Southern Regional Conference of Independents in Atlanta, GA. |
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2003 National Conference of Independents. 3 hours, 5 minutes CSPAN broadcast covering two panels and an audience Q & A session. New York City January 19, 2003. |
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Click here to get your free DVD edition of The Neo Independent magazine.
Devoted exclusively to
an analysis of the role independent voters played in the 2008 presidential elections.
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Subscribe to Talk/Talk:
The free weekly
e-publication for independents
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NYC: Building the Indie-to-Indie
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Monthly phon-a-thon at the offices of CUIP.
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Paul & Kathleen Ellis
Connecticut
"Senator Joe Leiberman's latest political move is adding insult to injury for many Independent voters in CT. By endorsing John McCain, the staunchest defender of the war in Iraq, Lieberman is once again repudiating the position of the majority of Independent voters who want to end the war. But Lieberman is no Independent-he grabbed the Independent lifeline to save his career after losing the Democratic primary. Independents are a mixed bag, but we do come together on a few major issues-ending the war, fighting political corruption, and creating a voice for the 35% of American voters who are sick and tired of the partisan politics of both parties. In our opinion, Lieberman does not represent this constituency." |
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