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top-two primary
By on 05/24/2013 in with 22 Comments

The Rubin v. Bowen case is one of the long lasting lawsuits against Proposition 14, which created a top-two nonpartisan primary system in California after being approved by voters in 2010. The plaintiffs opposing the new system include members of the Green Party, California Democratic Party, Libertarian Party…

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pennsylvania capitol
By on 05/23/2013 in , with 28 Comments

Yesterday Pennsylvania held primary elections where voters could choose which Democrat or Republican candidate would go on the November ballot in the state’s municipal elections.

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Obama Approval Rating
By on 05/09/2013 in , , with 0 Comments

The Pew Research Center released a new poll about what Americans think of the job done by President Obama and the Congress.

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Nonpartisan redistricting commission
By on 04/26/2013 in , , with 11 Comments

Gerrymandering, the process by which the redistricting process is used to favor a party or candidate, is considered to be one of the reasons behind the current extremely partisan political environment.

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same-sex marriage
By on 04/23/2013 in , , with 1 Comment

On Tuesday, France became the fourteenth country in the world to legalize same-sex marriage. The French Parliament, after months of legislative process and a very vocal opposition from the French Catholic community…

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arms trade treaty
By on 03/18/2013 in , , , with 4 Comments

With the UN Conference on the Arms trade treaty beginning on Monday, the US need to show some leadership and stay committed to reaching a strong treaty.

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redistricting
By on 03/18/2013 in , , , with 0 Comments

Since the official results of the election were published, a lot has been said about the disparity between the popular vote, in which the Democratic candidates received a majority of the votes…

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