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Why More Needs to be Done to Give Early Voters a Meaningful Vote
Why More Needs to be Done to Give Early Voters a Meaningful Vote
Zoom In: Frontrunners are full steam ahead in Acela PrimaryLast Tuesday, voters in the Acela Primary made their voices heard. Donald Trump swept the Republican primaries by large margins. In the ...
02 May, 2016
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Is Ted Cruz Eligible to Run for President? Illinois Judge to Weigh In
Is Ted Cruz Eligible to Run for President? Illinois Judge to Weigh In
In Illinois, a judge is expected to rule whether one of the top Republican challengers to Donald Trump is eligible to run for president.Born in Canada to an American mother and a Cuban father, the mat ...
22 Feb, 2016
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13 States Consider Expanding Use of Ranked Choice Voting in 2016
13 States Consider Expanding Use of Ranked Choice Voting in 2016
With a new year comes a new legislative session in state houses around the U.S. 2016 has seen state legislators nationwide use this opportunity to empower voters by introducing bills that create new u ...
09 Feb, 2016
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OPINION: Debunking the Lesser-of-Two-Evils Voting Theory
OPINION: Debunking the Lesser-of-Two-Evils Voting Theory
Anyone who has ever supported a third-party presidential candidate in an election has likely had to defend their decision from partisans who endorse the lesser-of-two-evils voter theory. By the l ...
05 Feb, 2016
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Understanding the Oregon Standoff: Do the Occupiers Have a Legitimate Grievance?
Understanding the Oregon Standoff: Do the Occupiers Have a Legitimate Grievance?
The standoff in Oregon that began on January 2 appears to have reached its conclusion. On Tuesday, January 26, several occupiers of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge were arrested, and one occ ...
04 Feb, 2016
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Can Trump Help Fix a 'Broken' System He Took Part In For Decades?
Can Trump Help Fix a 'Broken' System He Took Part In For Decades?
Though Donald Trump has raised and spent considerably less than many of his Republican rivals in the 2016 election season, Trump has never shied away from injecting money into the political process.&n ...
28 Jan, 2016
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Regardless of Party Affiliation, Missouri Voters Hunger for Independent Candidates
Regardless of Party Affiliation, Missouri Voters Hunger for Independent Candidates
The Centrist Project today released the results of an online survey of 1200 likely Missouri voters in the United States Senate election in 2016 that shows 34.5% of voters would support an unnamed inde ...
12 Jan, 2016
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How Ballot Access Requirements for President Compare State to State
How Ballot Access Requirements for President Compare State to State
In recent news, Ohio state officials told Democratic presidential candidate Martin O’Malley that he could not be on the Democratic primary ballot. The petition to be on the ballot required 1,000 ...
08 Jan, 2016
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El Bipartidismo ha Muerto: What Spain Can Teach Us About Disrupting Two-Party Politics
El Bipartidismo ha Muerto: What Spain Can Teach Us About Disrupting Two-Party Politics
Since the end of the Franco dictatorship in the mid 1970s, Spanish national politics has largely been dominated by two political parties: the conservative People's Party (PP) and the Spanish Socialist ...
04 Jan, 2016
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After Traveling 14K Miles, Independent POTUS Candidate Learns One Crucial Truth About America
After Traveling 14K Miles, Independent POTUS Candidate Learns One Crucial Truth About America
The spirit of America is strong; the state of our union is fragile.That is my conclusion after 100 days driving 14,128 miles through 34 states as an independent candidate for President of the United S ...
30 Dec, 2015
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