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How to Slay a Dragon
I recently had the pleasure of watching Slay the Dragon, Barak Goodman and Chris Durrance’s stunning documentary on the fight against partisan gerrymandering in Michigan and Wisconsin. It played ...
09 Mar, 2020
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10 States Where Party Planners Can Host (and Avoid) Representative Primaries
Illinois should host the first presidential primaries if the goal is to pick a state that most closely matches the demographics of the country.And Vermont, the home state of Democratic front-runner Be ...
27 Feb, 2020
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Sanders Criticizes California for Denying Independent Voters the Right to Vote
All the momentum in the 2020 Democratic presidential race appears to be behind US Senator Bernie Sanders after another victory in Nevada over the weekend. Now, headed into the most consequential Super ...
26 Feb, 2020
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14 min read
Arizona's Independent Redistricting Panel Faces a Partisan Intervention
Republicans in charge of the Arizona Legislature are hoping to restrict the powers of the state's independent redistricting commission before the new maps are drawn next year.At issue is just how clos ...
25 Feb, 2020
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Can't Argue With Science: MIT Study Supports Growing Demands to Unrig US Elections
The beginning of the 2020 presidential election was an unmitigated disaster. Results that should have been reported the night-of in Iowa instead took days as a result of technical issues with an app a ...
11 Feb, 2020
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2019 Anti-Corruption Awards Honors Three Political Disrupters
Over one hundred guests attended the event established 19 years ago to shine a spotlight on leaders in civic and political life who challenge the status quo and fight for systemic change.
04 Nov, 2019
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13 min read
2019 Anti-Corruption Awards Honors Three Political Disrupters
2019 Anti-Corruption Award HonoreesKatie FaheyKatie Fahey is a Michigan-based activist and an independent. As the Founder and Executive Director of the grassroots, nonpartisan campaign Voters Not Poli ...
04 Nov, 2019
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13 min read
15 States That Use Term Limits on Their Lawmakers
Most voters support congressional term limits, yet only 15 states use them on their own lawmakers.
31 Oct, 2019
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15 States That Use Term Limits on Their Lawmakers
Term limits are arguably the most popular political reform in the US. McLaughlin and Associates found in February 2018 that 82% of US voters support term limits for Congress, including 89% of Rep ...
31 Oct, 2019
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1 min read
Why Are We Denying 30 Million Citizens Their Right to Vote?
NANR Executive Director Jim Jonas interviewed two guests in October. The first was Debilyn Molineaux, co-founder and executive director of the Bridge Alliance Education Fund. Bridge Alliance is a dive ...
16 Oct, 2019
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