One of the most influential individuals to set foot in this country was overshadowed yesterday. MLK Day was just another day of nonsense in the media; you can probably guess the hot topic.

Trump, Trump, and hey, why don’t we throw in a little more Trump to mix things up a bit?

With the new year, begins a new legislative session. Legislators have the opportunity to use this time to introduce bills to empower voters in their state. Ranked choice voting (RCV) continues to expand as new bills have been introduced in the Missouri, Virginia, Indiana and Utah legislatures.

All eyes in political reform circles are on the Wisconsin gerrymandering case (Gill v. Whitford) argued before the U.S. Supreme Court on October 3, 2017.

The case was brought by a group of Democrats challenging the redistricting plan adopted by the state legislature’s Republican majority and signed into law by its Republican governor.

Kevin McCormick is running for governor of Arizona with $6,500. Would you do something that crazy?

As a Libertarian, he faces voter petition laws that are more restrictive than ever before.

As a candidate, he faces pushback from many Libertarians for using a government resource unique to Arizona politics: The Clean Elections Commission.

How are tax dollars going to help a Libertarian run for public office on a “clean election” platform? Does this sound crazy? Maybe.

Read about what really matters from the news last week. We provide you the least-biased news about current events so you can go about your day informed, not brainwashed.

San Diego Union-Tribune political reporter Michael Smolens spent a few minutes to talk about the political landscape in San Diego. Smolens has been a government and politics editor at the U-T since 1992.

Happy New Year! And what an exciting year 2018 will be for independent candidates and the reform movement!

We have devoted the 24-hour news cycle to a single word -- "shithole." That is where we are at in the media and the national narrative in 2018.

The story erupted after it was reported that President Donald Trump used the word "shithole" to describe Haiti and African nations when discussing US immigration policy with members of Congress Thursday.

And the mainstream media jumped all over it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrynNeqx48I

Video Source: Washington Post

American politicians often preach about the righteousness of this country’s democratic principles. But how can we make claims that America is a model for democracy when even local politicians are vying to suppress the will of the voting public?

We're not talking about this kind of thing happening in some backwater, either.

Orange County, Florida is a fairly prominent area --  in fact, it's Florida's fifth most populous county. 200,000 Orange residents passed a vote for nonpartisan elections in 2014, but four years later, candidates still run under party flags.

Living anywhere outside the northern parts of the country means one probably does not know what the bone-chilling, bitter cold of negative-degree temperatures and wind chill feel like.

It bites. It blisters. It feels like nothing people outside these regions have ever experienced before.

As I describe this, one might wonder why anyone would voluntarily want to be out in such weather. Well, for volunteers with the Committee for Ranked Choice Voting in Maine, defending voters' rights is worth it.