Outside the box: How third-party candidates can get better representation
A bilingual English-Spanish ballot list some of the candidates voters in Chicago were considering during the 2022 mid-term elections. AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast
Third-party and write-in candidates have been garnering attention this election season both in Illinois and on the national level.
A state policy expert and the head of an organization that advocates for ethical practices and fairness in elections discuss the challenges candidates outside the two-party system face and some of the reforms that've been considered to give third parties in particular more representation in our politics.
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AJ Simmons
Research Director, Center for State Policy and Leadership, University of Illinois Springfield
Alisa Kaplan
Executive Director, Reform for Illinois