The Foundation for Independent Voter Education (FIVE)

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The Foundation for Independent Voter Education

This is a website of the Foundation for Independent Voter Education a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation. Together with the Independent Voter Project (IVP), we seek to re-engage nonpartisan voters and promote nonpartisan election reform through initiatives, litigation, and voter education.

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ABOUT THE FOUNDATION

The Foundation for Independent Voter Education (FIVE) is a non-profit, non-partisan, 501(c)(3) charitable organization dedicated to restoring the importance of open dialogue in our democracy.

OUR MISSION

The Foundation for Independent Voter Education (FIVE) is a non-profit, non-partisan, 501(c)(3) charitable organization dedicated to restoring the importance of open dialogue in our democracy.

OUR GOALS

strengthen independent-minded citizen engagement in politics,
educate key stakeholders within our political system to the importance of constructive compromise, and
to do so in a way that is unfiltered by the partisanship that often drives larger public dialogue.

OUR COMMITMENT

FIVE is committed to the belief that democracy functions best when the most people participate. Unfortunately, today’s political climate discourages such a participatory democracy and alienates independent-minded voters, who feel out of touch with the extreme partisanship of today’s politics.

The news currently being presented by traditional media outlets only furthers to alienate independent-minded voters by presenting only right-wing and/or left-wing perspectives to truly complex, multifaceted political issues.

FIVE created the Independent Voter News (IVN.us) to be a new kind of news network. IVN.us provides unfiltered political news and policy analysis across the political spectrum. IVN.us has a unique, multi-site platform that allows independent contributors from all sectors of industry and all walks of life to publish their own stories, which then reach a large, national and international audience.

IVN.us also provides a forum for users to engage in political dialogue and rational commentary, in hopes of elevating the level of our public discourse.

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THE CHAMBERLAIN PROJECT AND FIVE

Partners for a More Representative Democracy

FIVE is proud to partner with one of the nation's most impactful election reform organizations, The Chamberlain Project.

The Chamberlain Project is known for some of the nation's most significant advancements in nonpartisan voter rights. Among their successes, the Chamberlain Project passed the nations first statewide ranked choice voting system and the first successful initiative since Citizens United to place contribution limits on SuperPACs.

The partnership between The Chamberlain Project and FIVE strengthens our shared commitment to empowering independent-minded voters and creating a more representative democracy.

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THE FOUNDATION BOARD

Laiza Negrete

Board Member

Laiza Negrete is the VP of Political Affairs for the California Association of REALTORS®, the most politically influential business trade association in the state representing over 200,000 members. In 2010 Ms. Negrete worked for the Independence Party of New York where she served as an advocate to open up the primary election to nonpartisan voters and also contributed to the “Hankster” a blog about nonpartisan political participation.

Mario Munoz

Board Member

Born and raised in South Texas, Mario is a 1985 graduate of the University of Texas at Austin with a BA in Sociology and a minor in Spanish. Mario was a legislative consultant for over 25 years in Texas and has recently retired.

Steve Peace

Chairman

From 1982 through 2003, Senator Peace served in the California State Capitol as a member of the State Assembly, a State Senator and as the State’s Director of Finance. In 2010, as Co-chair of the California Independent Voter Project, Mr. Peace wrote the Constitutional Amendment subsequently passed by voters to require California to abolish its semi-closed partisan primary system in favor of open nonpartisan primary elections.

Dan Howle

Board Member

An East Coast native, Dan Howle is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst where he majored in history and political science. Dan recently retired after 16 years as Director of State Government Relations for a major pharmaceutical manufacturer, Eli Lilly and Company. Mr. Howle serves on the boards of the California Governor’s Cup Foundation, the Foundation for Independent Voter Education, and the National Association of Nonpartisan Reformers.

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