<div>A historical battleground congressional district in New York is set once again for another knock-down, drag-out election season.<p>New York’s First Congressional District, comprised of the central part and the eastern end of Long Island, includes affluent playgrounds like the Hamptons, working 

All Eyes Are on New York's First Congressional District in 2014

<div><blockquote>As long as I count the votes, what are you going to do about it? &nbsp;- William M. “Boss” Tweed, c. 1871</blockquote><p>History shows that for as long as the right to vote has existed, that right has been threatened. Thomas Nast’s caricature portraying “Boss” Tweed leaning against 

Hard Evidence Supports the Need for Voter ID Laws

<div>When one thinks of the political “center” of America, the 11th Congressional District in New York, comprised of Staten Island and southern Brooklyn, is hardly the first image that comes to mind. After all, New York City is supposed to be one of the great bastions of the liberal-progressive move

Competitors In NY's 11th Congressional District Fight for Moderate Vote

<div><p>Talk about your new year’s resolutions!</p>To round out 2013, the NYC Department of Investigation (DOI) released a <p><a href="http://www.Falchuk2014.org" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img alt="ivn-falchuk.v5" height="280" src="/sites/default/files/cloudinary/ivn-falchuk.v5.jpg" width="336"></a

NYC Department of Investigation: End Partisanship in Board of Elections

<div>Talk to anyone following election reform in New York, and they’ll tell you that there’s a storm on the horizon. That storm is the volatile future of campaign finance laws and regulations in the state.<p>In one corner, there’s the “irresistible force” that is independent expenditures. In <a href

Publicly Funded Campaigns Clash with Independent Expenditures in New York

<div><p>When the federal government passed the Help America Vote Act (HAVA) and forcibly transitioned New York from what most agree were reliable lever-based voting machines to the new, unexplored frontier of electronic balloting in 2010, the New York Board of Elections gave part-time Election Day p

New Yorkers Burdened by 'Ins' and 'Outs' of New Voting System

Gene Berardelli

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