Posted by Kellie Ryan on January 22, 2016 at 2:07 PM
This article was written by Mitch M. for Arizona's Politics.
Former Phoenix Mayor Paul Johnson, now an independent. Former Phoenix Mayor and Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard, a Democrat. Republican consultant Chuck Coughlin. The three of them have done political battle against each other many times over the years. Throw in at least $1M from a Texas philanthropist/election reform advocate, and an independent voters' group, and you have quite a coalition.
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Posted by Kellie Ryan on January 15, 2016 at 3:58 PM
This Op-Ed was written by Open Primaries Arizona Director of Latino Outreach Armida Lopez and Open Primaries Arizona Co-Chair Danny Ortega for La Estrella de Tucson.
Históricamente en Arizona, nuestra comunidad Latina se conocía como la comunidad que se afiliaba con el partido Demócrata. Hay muchos que piensan que todavía es así.
Pero la verdad es que nuestra comunidad Latina electoralmente está cambiando.
Actualmente, solo el 44 por ciento de los Latinos están registrados para votar como Demócratas, siendo que antes éramos el 80 por ciento.
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Posted by Kellie Ryan on January 13, 2016 at 10:35 AM
This article was written by Jeremy Duda for the Arizona Capitol Times.
Advocates of two proposed amendments to the Arizona Constitution that would dramatically change the face of elections in Arizona have officially joined forces and are preparing to launch their campaign for 2016.
The Open and Honest Coalition, as the group is called, filed campaign committees for two proposed ballot measures with the Secretary of State’s Office and expect to unveil their proposed ballot language within the next two weeks.
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Posted by Kellie Ryan on January 12, 2016 at 6:05 PM
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Posted by Kellie Ryan on January 12, 2016 at 6:02 PM
This article was written by Linda Valdez for the Arizona Republic.
Can we make it through this legislative session without any major embarrassment? No right-to-refuse service bills. No official state sanction of racial profiling. No easy punch lines for the national media.
That’s a lot to expect from a Republican-ruled Legislature where extremism in defense of the ridiculous is considered a virtue.
We'll have to grit our teeth through another session. But we don’t have to keep it this way.
There are two ideas that could shake up an unsatisfactory status quo.
Step 1: Nix the two-party primary
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Posted by Kellie Ryan on December 21, 2015 at 5:44 PM
This article was published by News Taco.
*A recent Univision poll had similar results. That poll said there was a large group of Latino voters who didn’t identify with either political party and were therefore “persuadable.” Critics said the poll was tainted because its intent was to persuade GOP candidates to spend ad money. Another study says Arizona could soon become a swing state because of the unprecedented effort to register voters in the wake of SB1070 and the actions of Sheriff Joe Arpaio. Put the findings together – persuadeable Latinos and Arizona becoming a swing state, and you have a changing political landscape. VL
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Posted by Kellie Ryan on December 21, 2015 at 5:37 PM
This article was published by Diario Las Américas.
Una encuesta realizada por Latino Outreach Open Primaries revela que el 75 % de los votantes hispanos en este estado sienten que los políticos son mas "leales" a su partido político que a los electores que representan
PHOENIX, Arizona-- Los votantes latinos en Arizona se sienten frustrados con el partido republicano y demócrata por igual, porque sienten que no representan a sus comunidades, según un reciente sondeo de opinión.
"Los temas que interesan por general a los latinos son los mismos que al resto de la población, como la educación y mejores empleos. Queremos tener un sistema político que beneficie a las comunidades y no a un partido político", dijo hoy a Efe Amida López, directora de Latino Outreach for Open Primaries, con sede en Phoenix, Arizona.
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Posted by Kellie Ryan on December 21, 2015 at 5:25 PM
This radio piece ran on Arizona Public Media.
Arizona’s Latino voters say they are disillusioned with state politics. That’s according to a poll from a group called Open Primaries.
The survey inquired into the opinions of 1500 registered voters in Arizona in November.
The results show 75 percent think elected officials are more loyal to their party than their constituents and two-thirds think the Latino community is not adequately represented in elected officers.
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Posted by Kellie Ryan on December 21, 2015 at 5:15 PM
This article was published by La Voz Arizona.
Una encuesta realizada por Latino Outreach Open Primaries revela que el 75 % de los votantes hispanos en este estado sienten que los políticos son mas "leales" a su partido político que a los electores que representan
PHOENIX, Arizona-- Los votantes latinos en Arizona se sienten frustrados con el partido republicano y demócrata por igual, porque sienten que no representan a sus comunidades, según un reciente sondeo de opinión.
"Los temas que interesan por general a los latinos son los mismos que al resto de la población, como la educación y mejores empleos. Queremos tener un sistema político que beneficie a las comunidades y no a un partido político", dijo hoy a Efe Amida López, directora de Latino Outreach for Open Primaries, con sede en Phoenix, Arizona.
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Posted by Kellie Ryan on December 18, 2015 at 5:11 PM
This article was published by Univision.
Los votantes latinos en Arizona se sienten frustrados con el partido republicano y demócrata por igual, porque sienten que no representan a sus comunidades, según un reciente sondeo de opinión.
"Los temas que interesan por general a los latinos son los mismos que al resto de la población, como la educación y mejores empleos. Queremos tener un sistema político que beneficie a las comunidades y no a un partido político", dijo Amida López, directora de Latino Outreach for Open Primaries, con sede en Phoenix, Arizona.
Esta organización dio a conocer el pasado lunes una encuesta que revela que el 75% de los votantes hispanos en este estado sienten que los políticos son mas "leales" a su partido político que a los electores que representan.
Para la organización, este dato puede explicar porque el 41% de los votantes latinos en Arizona están registrados como independientes, un porcentaje que continúa en crecimiento.
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