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    Faith Eischen wrote a new post, Bipartisanship In San Diego Mayoral Race: Strategy or Sincerity?, on the site Independent Voter Network 7 months, 2 weeks ago

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    Democratic San Diego Mayoral Candidate, Rep. Bob Filner, announced this week to a local newspaper that if elected he would offer Nathan Fletcher, an independent, as well as Donna Frye, positions within his […]

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    Emmily Bristol wrote a new post, Nine Reasons to Save Public Libraries, on the site Independent Voter Network 9 months ago

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    While the War on Women and Chick-fil-A might be getting all the juicy headlines lately, there’s another issue quietly smoldering in the background noise of this election season. It’s buried under all the […]

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    Jane Susskind wrote a new post, Vermonters Take To Twitter , on the site The Social Ballot 10 months ago

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    Much like the social media experiment put forth by @Sweden, Vermont has joined the ranks as the first state in America to create a Twitter handle to be managed directly by the citizens of the state. Called <a href="https://twitter.com/THISISVT&quot; […]

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    Damon Eris wrote a new post, Obtain Voter ID: The Fifth Wednesday of Any Month, on the site Independent Voter Network 10 months ago

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    The United States has some of the lowest voter turnout and voter participation rates of any industrialized country in the world. Low voter turnout is typically ascribed to voter ignorance and apathy or to the […]

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    Chad Peace wrote a new post, Obama Economic Approval Rating Lowest Since Last November, on the site IVN Editors' Blog 10 months, 2 weeks ago

    ThumbnailAs today’s weak jobs report was released, Gallup has come out with its latest poll, which shows just 31% of Americans approve of President Obama’s handling of the economy.  This economic approval rating is the […]

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