What Language Does a Ballot Speak?
How ballot language influences voter participation, accessibility, and democratic inclusion.
Democratic Socialists Think Rascón Can Beat Moderate Hernandez on Their Home Turf
In California’s East LA State Senate District 26, 144,000 independent voters will likely decide a general election between a socialist-backed candidate and a moderate Democrat, with no Republican on the ballot.
The Essential Independent Candidate Effect in California’s Latino Vote
As more Latino voters in California loosen their ties to the two major parties, candidates are testing new ways to connect through local issues and direct community engagement.
Border Patrol STOPPED Her: Becoming a US Citizen LEGALLY is Harder Than Ever
IVP’s producer shares her journey from green card to US citizen, revealing how naturalization has become harder under the Trump administration, including processing delays and tense border encounters.
California’s 22nd District and the Myth of the Predictable Voter
California’s Central Valley has long puzzled political observers, but new analysis shows the voters were never mysterious — the categories used to describe them were.
Before a California Bill Gets a Vote, It Has to Get Past Blanca Pacheco
Assemblymember Blanca Pacheco chairs the California Assembly’s Rules Committee, giving her significant power over which bills get hearings, how quickly they move, and whether laws take effect immediately.
California’s Ballot Access Battles: What Latino Communities Need to Know for 2026
En español California voters heading into the November election face two different questions about ballot access. One is immediate. How
She Lost. She Came Back. Then Suzette Valladares Made California History.
The first independent Latina elected to the Legislature under the state’s nonpartisan election system
California Latinos Showed Up—Now Party Insiders Want to Shut Them Out
Limiting the influence of Latino voters raise questions about representation, gatekeeping, and the future of political power in the state.
Pivotal Latino Independents Could Decide California 2026
California’s Latino independent voters could play a decisive role in close races this November. However, voting rights advocates say campaigns
Latino Voters Reject Return to Partisan Primaries; Becerra Dominates Governor Field
A majority of California Latino voters say they want to keep the nonpartisan Top Two primary or modify it to advance more than two candidates to the general election. They don’t want the state to go back to closed primaries.
Why Latino Voters Backed Trump—Then Mamdani (NOT What You Think)
How class, generation, and frustration with closed primaries are driving a historic dealignment among Latino voters