<div><p>North Carolina may be jumping on the “Top-Two” train. A house bill&nbsp;introduced this week, H.B. 737, would reform&nbsp;the current partisan open primary system to a nonpartisan, top-two primary similar to the systems already in place in California and Washington state.</p><p>H.B. 737 was 

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<div><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t67ezWp7Zao&amp;feature=youtu.be</p><p>President Trump has actively utilized executive orders to bypass the unpredictability of Congress. Now,&nbsp;<a href="https://act.represent.us/sign/Trump-Executive-Order/?source=homepage_0" rel="noopener noreferrer">Repre

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<div><p>Historically, Nebraska has long set itself apart from the rest of the country in the way its legislature is elected and functions. One state senator&nbsp;believes it should also be unique in the way it treats third parties and third party&nbsp;candidates in statewide elections.</p><p>Nebrask

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<div><p>In one of the birthplaces of American liberty, citizens are rallying for overdue change. Pennsylvania voters have grown dissatisfied with the way state&nbsp;lawmakers&nbsp;have disenfranchised their constituents. Voters collectively feel the polarization and overbearingness of the two-party 

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<div><p>The perception in Washington is that if one side is for something, the other side will stand against it. From&nbsp;health care to immigration reform to job creation and more, the&nbsp;partisan establishments on both sides of the aisle could not appear further apart.</p><p>Yet if there is one

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<div><p>The North Carolina legislature approved a bill this week that would re-establish partisan elections for superior and district court judges. The bill was first filed on February 14 by Republican state Representatives Justin Burr, Jason Saine, Dana Bumgardner, and Cody Henson.</p><p>On the nat

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<div><p>A bill was recently introduced in Oregon that would reform primary elections in a whole new way.<span>&nbsp;Republican state Representative Knute Buehler, of District 54, is the sponsor of bill </span><a href="https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/HB3140" rel="noopener no

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<div><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MzVZE-Mk0U</p><p>U.S. Representative Darrell Issa, a Republican representing the 49th district in California, said he was not going to let the Trump-Russia accusations slide and U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions should recuse himself for&nbsp;an independent

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<div><p>Last week, Utah state Representative Rebecca Chavez-Houck introduced legislation that would initiate ranked choice voting (RCV) in her state. According to <a href="http://www.fairvote.org/rcv#rcvbenefits" rel="noopener noreferrer">fairvote.org</a>, a nonpartisan, nonprofit advocate for RCV, 

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