April 2025 Updates
- Veterans for All Voters
- Apr 30
- 3 min read
VAV State Updates
New Mexico
"Opening primary elections by allowing voters registered as independent or unaffiliated to participate in taxpayer-funded elections improves voting fairness and, in turn, democracy,” said State Sen. Majority Leader Peter Wirth
South Carolina
Our VAV Leader, Chris Himsl setup a table for a Rally in Columbia and was able to get more than 40 signatures for individuals interested in our organization and our mission
Maryland
Veterans for All Voters Maryland - Majority Rules Screening
Veterans for All Voters #maryland held their first screening of Majority Rules on April 19th along with our partner, Ranked Choice Voting Maryland.
They introduced community members and a county councilman to the election reforms implemented in Alaska and how they affected the races there. They are looking forward to hosting a second screening on May 3rd in Annapolis
Missouri
Founder Eric Bronner hosted a casual happy hour with VFW Post 3500 in Richmond Heights. He discussed updates on structural reform bills and progress in 12+ states, and there was a brief update from our friends at Respect MO Voters - https://www.respectmovoters.org/
Oklahoma
CIVICS Con and Democracy Drinks Happy Hour
Eric Bronner attended Civics Con, an event that connects people, politics, and governance and helps voters move from being “politically curious” to active, engaged participants in their communities so that we can thrive together. This event was sponsored by Veterans for All Voters. Later in the evening, we hosted a happy hour at Skydance Brewing
Wisconsin
VAV Wisconsin State Leads, Kevin Miller and Mark Pfost were out during a rally to talk about Veterans for All Voters and our mission.
(Below) VAV Wisconsin team presented at the Appleton Fox Cities Kiwanis Club.
News and Articles
Conventional wisdom says that to win an election, you need to play to your constituencies' basest, most divisive instincts. But as a candidate for mayor of Tulsa, Oklahoma, G.T. Bynum decided to skip the smear campaigns, tell voters what he wanted to accomplish and give them ways to measure his success -- and it led him to win the election. In a hopeful, funny talk, Bynum shares how he's tackling his city's most pressing issues and says that we need to set aside philosophical disagreements and focus on the aspirations that unite us
(Left) Along with National Civic League President Doug Linkhart, presenting a VAV challenge coin to outgoing Mayor of Tulsa, G.T. Bynum who has been an advocate for election reforms and more civility in politics.
A new report from the Unite America Institute reveals a sobering truth about American democracy: in most elections, the vast majority of votes cast have zero influence on the outcome. According to the research, only 14% of eligible voters in 2024 cast a meaningful vote in US House races. In other words, these are votes that actually helped determine the winner
Though her willingness to break from the pack is a reflection of the senator’s own character, at least part of the answer also lies in the fact that Murkowski does not have to compete in a Republican primary to win reelection. That’s because Alaska elects its lawmakers by ranked-choice voting, which reduces the influence of extremists in both parties
If passed, the bill proposed restricting primary election participation to registered members of a political party, a change that would affect millions of independent voters across the state
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