Party central committees, partisan special interests, and courts overseen by party-appointed judges have steadily reframed election law in such a way that the failure to affiliate with one of the two institutionalized pol

Going into the last few weeks of the election, just as much attention has been directed toward the performance of the debate moderators as the presidential candidates themselves.

IVN.us is to host the first ever online presidential debate featuring Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson and Green candidate Jill Stein. But IVN's phones and e-mail box were bombarded by a much lesser-known candidate: write-in candidate, Jill Reed. And her supporters made their voices heard in our office.

California State Assemblyman, and recently declared independent, Nathan Fletcher endorses Proposition Z. Assemblyman Fletcher dropped from the Republican party in March and came in third in the June primary for San Diego Mayor. Proposition Z is a $2.8 billion bond measure for San Diego Unified schools' infrastructure.

Worldwide the idea is not new, but in late 2011 San Diego became the first U.S. city to offer an electric car-sharing network. It’s now flourishing.

Car2go, which is a subsidiary of Daimler North America Corporation, has a fleet of 300 of these smart cars in San Diego.

The City Council-approved financing for the expansion of the San Diego Convention Center has become the most interesting issue separating Mayoral candidates Carl DeMaio and Bob Filner.

It is interesting because, Republican DeMaio voted for the hotel tax increase and Democrat Filner is blasting the conservative populist DeMaio for voting for a tax increase without a public vote.

On Tuesday night, Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein and her running mate, Cheri Honkala, were arrested while trying to gain entrance to the second presidential debate between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney.

"A word cloud of reveals the following topics as being the most popular things discussed during the debate." Source: Politicit.com

In an age where there is little political transparency, it is difficult for the public to tactfully determine who they are voting for. Now, an online start up focused on politics, PoliticIt, seeks to make it easy for voters and politicians to determine political standings and influence.