A Twisted Tale of Partisan Politics
A strange case in Tennessee got my attention. Now it's before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, as the judges consider whether a politica...
A strange case in Tennessee got my attention. Now it's before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, as the judges consider whether a politica...
Harry Kresky | Posted 08.10.2011
It's time to push the envelope on the nature of the political process itself and the ways in which, in its current form, it reinforces pre-existing economic, racial and social divisions and competition, all of which foster partisanship.
Harry Kresky | Posted 05.25.2011
Last week the California Supreme Court refused to issue an injunction blocking the implementation of Proposition 14 in several upcoming special electi...
Jacqueline Salit | Posted 05.25.2011
This week I filed an amicus brief in an appeal that seeks relief from discriminatory deadlines imposed on independent candidates.
Harry Kresky | Posted 05.25.2011
Advocates of continued partisan control of our electoral process have begun to marshal their arguments in an attempt to close the breach California voters opened in the partisan citadel.
Jacqueline Salit | Posted 05.25.2011
MoveOn.org should "move in" with the progressive wing of the independent movement. Together we can fix our democracy by backing the structural political reforms which give power to the people, not to the parties.
Harry Kresky | Posted 05.25.2011
Prop 14 would allow all voters, whether affiliated with a party or not, to vote in an all-inclusive first round in which every candidate is listed on the ballot with their party preference next to their name.
Harry Kresky | Posted 05.02.2012