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August 1, 2025 National Civic League

Fusion Voting Just Might Make a Difference in Our Hyper Partisan Climate

"Fusion voting isn’t a magic fix—but it’s a smart, constitutional step toward making our democracy more responsive to the people it serves. If we want our leaders to work together, we need to change the rules that reward extremism and division. Fusion voting just might be the spark that reignites collaboration—and gives voters a reason to believe again."

July 9, 2025 Daily Record

Americans desperately need more political choice. NJ could lead the way

"There’s a remarkable court case underway in New Jersey that could help us break out of the two-party “doom loop.” Two other states, Kansas and Wisconsin, have similar cases, but New Jersey’s is the furthest along and will likely be the first one decided."

May 6, 2025 News 8 Now

Wisconsin lawsuit wants to allow candidates to be listed under multiple parties on ballots

"Fusion voting has a historic legacy in the Badger State. The lawsuit argues that the Republican Party formed in Wisconsin because of fusion voting."

April 29, 2025 Wisconsin State Journal

Group sues to let candidates run under multiple parties

"The lawsuit is filed against the Wisconsin Elections Commission. Plaintiffs include United Wisconsin members, including the group’s executive director, Kristine Andrews; former Democratic Dane County Sheriff David Mahoney; and Schultz, a former Republican state Senate Majority Leader."

April 25, 2025 Wisconsin State Journal

Fusion voting could revitalize Wisconsin politics | Dale Schultz and Dave Mahoney

"United Wisconsin, via fusion voting, could moderate both parties by creating competition for centrist votes and sending the message that we expect our elected officials to compromise and cooperate around core principles. That would truly be transformative."

April 13, 2025 Wisconsin State Journal

Could the same candidate run under separate parties? Wisconsin group wants to try it

"If fusion voting were to return to Wisconsin, leaders of United Wisconsin say, the group would seek not to nominate independent candidates but rather interview and nominate a candidate from one of the two major parties. At that point, the candidate would appear on the ballot twice, once under their major party and again under United Wisconsin’s banner."

December 11, 2024 NJ Spotlight News

Appeals court hears arguments in Malinowski ‘fusion voting’ case

In the Malinowski case, a number of pro-democracy groups that include the Brennan Center for Justice and ACLU-NJ argued that New Jersey’s 1921 ban on fusion voting is unconstitutional because it infringes on a number of rights, including the right to vote and the rights to free speech and political association.

December 3, 2024 State Court Report

New Jersey Considers Challenge to its Ban on Fusion Voting

"Malinowski provides the state court an opportunity to take a close look at all the state constitutional rights at issue in the case to consider whether they protect the right to vote on a fusion ticket. One way or another, the court’s evaluation of these issues of first impression will be an important bellwether for the future of fusion voting."

October 17, 2024 Washington Post | Opinion

What Liz Cheney and other honorable Republicans should do next

"Like this and fusion parties in New York (e.g., the Conservative Party, the Working Families Party), a new center-right party could endorse candidates from either of the two major parties who best match its ideological criteria, thereby enticing both parties to adhere to those principles."

October 8, 2024 Deseret News

How anti-MAGA Republicans can reclaim their power

"The solution is simple: form a new, conservative, rule-of-law political party, just as Liz Cheney recently proposed. But instead of putting forward a challenger with no chance of winning — as No Labels and others have tried — they would nominate whichever of the two leading candidates better reflects their core values."

September 25, 2024 New America

Why Fusion Voting’s Ballot Line Packs More Power than a Taylor Swift Endorsement

"By combining their endorsement with a ballot line, minor parties can use fusion voting to clearly quantify how many votes their endorsement brings to candidates, helping them translate those endorsements into actual political power."

August 7, 2024 The Fulcrum

Biden’s exit and the dysfunction of U.S. politics

In a historic turn of events, Democratic Party leaders made a show of strength by coming together to urge President Joe Biden to exit the race for the White House. The move gave us a rare glimpse of what a functioning political party can do. One way to create incentives for more and healthier parties is through fusion voting. Fusion voting, in which different parties can cross-nominate the same candidate on their own ballot line, is one such reform.