Independent activists are setting up meetings with Members of Congress to ask Congress to hold hearings.  The campaign was kicked off by pilot meetings held in New York, Nevada and Kentucky with promising results. Set up a meeting with your member of Congress.  Download talking points for conducting meetings with members of Congress points here

Then email national@independentvoting.org or call us at 212-609-2800.

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FROM:          Independent Voters Across the United States

TO:                Members of Congress

Independents are American citizens who do not want to align themselves with either the Democratic or Republican parties. At 38 percent of all registered voters, our numbers are now greater than those who consider themselves members of either major party, in large part due to increasing public distaste for the partisanship that characterizes contemporary politics.

Americans value freedom and self-government, yet far too many of us who want to participate in the political process encounter barriers to change in the form of partisan election laws.  Because of these barriers, millions of voters are locked out of participating in every level of our political process.  We believe this situation warrants attention at the federal level and call upon Congress to hold public hearings on these structural barriers.   

The particulars listed below are a sample of the kinds of structural biases that pervade the electoral process, sometimes so commonplace that they are not noticed.  Congressional hearings would shine a light on these inequities and begin to address these issues, all of which will help to revitalize our democracy, reduce partisanship, and accord full voting rights to a growing sector of the electorate – independent voters.

Bill of Particulars: Barriers to full voter participation

Read the full Bill of Particulars here