Updates

It is not simply a matter of big money in politics. There is big money in all of American life. The more pervasive problem is that we now have self-interested political institutions — the parties — that are considered “too big to fail.” Are we supposed to protect them and their refusal to share power with the people at all costs?

Independents to Minor Parties: Don’t Fight Us; Join Us
April 4, 2012

California’s minor parties — Green, Libertarian and Peace & Freedom — have brought their third lawsuit, Rubin v Bowen, seeking to overturn Proposition 14, the referendum by which the non-partisan “top-two” primary system...

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What do Independent Voters Want?
April 2, 2012

Recently I appeared, along with fellow independent Franz Bauer, as a guest on the popular local TV program "Between the Lines." Despite a luxury of time — a 10-minute segment — we barely scratched the surface ..

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Ruy the Day!
March 15, 2012

Linda Killian’s book, The Swing Vote: The Untapped Power of Independents, is finally getting some attention. A string of authors — Douglas Schoen, John Avlon, and Omar Ali, to name a few — have been writing for years about the ...

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Independent Voters Urge Reforms to Limit Partisan Political Power
March 10, 2012

According to a recent New York Times/CBS News poll, Americans' distrust of government is at its highest level, with 89 percent of Americans saying they distrust our government.

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