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FBI, Feds Step Up Sanders Investigation

A story in the Washington Post says the federal investigation into a land deal led by Jane Sanders, the wife and political adviser of Sen. Bernie Sanders, has accelerated. Prosecutors

By Debbie Benrey

July 10, 2017

Mexico's Cultural War on Drugs Takes a Major Step Forward

Mexico has decriminalized marijuana for both medicinal and research purposes. About two months ago, Mexican legislators approved the proposal by an overwhelming majority in both chambers. President Enrique Peña Nieto

By Debbie Benrey

June 22, 2017

Alaska Becomes Battleground for Open Primaries with HB200

State Representative Gabrielle LeDoux (R-Anchorage) is the latest legislator to introduce legislation that would open state elections to all voters. Rep. LeDoux’s HB200 would establish a top-two

By Debbie Benrey

April 10, 2017

Oregon Bill Would Give Independent Voters a Primary Election

No one in their right mind would challenge the importance of primary elections. So, if the first stage of the public election process in closed primary states, like Oregon, doesn&

By Debbie Benrey

March 23, 2017

Democrats Play Partisanship With Privacy

Privacy advocates have generally come from two directions: (1) libertarians, and (2) liberal Democrats. But on March 7, WikiLeaks’ data dump revealed some of the surveillance techniques used by the

By Debbie Benrey

March 14, 2017

New Arkansas Bill: Nonpartisan Elections Needed to Combat Partisan Extremism

Some legislators in Arkansas are joining the fight for a more open and transparent political process that includes all voters regardless of their party affiliation, or lack thereof. On March

By Debbie Benrey

March 13, 2017

Keep the Fight Alive: Independents Can Beat the Parties

The 2016 election cycle was an exceptionally rough one for voters and candidates alike. The divisive rhetoric and lack of support for the major-party candidates revealed a failure in

By Debbie Benrey

March 2, 2017

History Indicates a Rocky Road Ahead for Term Limits

True to their promise to impose term limits, Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) and U.S. Representative Ron DeSantis (R-FL) kicked-off 2017 by introducing a constitutional amendment which

By Debbie Benrey

February 23, 2017

10 Ways Immigration Policy Is About to Change

Following the Executive Order that was released on January 25, 2017 regarding Border Security and Immigration Enforcement Improvements, the Department of Homeland Security released documents detailing how the administration plans

By Debbie Benrey

February 22, 2017

Legislators Introduce Bill to Establish Open Primaries in Maine

After the citizens of Maine voted ‘yes’ to establish Ranked Choice Voting in the state, the legislature is now working on a bill that would introduce statewide open primaries to

By Debbie Benrey

February 15, 2017

Democracy is Under Attack in Maine

On November 8th 2016, Maine became the first state to adopt Ranked Choice Voting as their process to elect state representatives. Now, the citizens’ initiative that passed with over 400,

By Debbie Benrey

February 10, 2017

Elizabeth Warren: The New Face of #TheResistance?

The Bernie revolution set grassroots on fire. It got young people involved like we haven’t seen in years. It shifted the dialogue to things the media had not focused

By Debbie Benrey

February 9, 2017