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7 Ways Ranked Choice Voting Can Empower Your Voice in Elections
Election Day 2015 has come and gone, and voters in cities in six states again found that they were not limited to marking only one candidate, but had the ability to rank the candidates in order of cho ...
05 Nov, 2015
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'Deez Nuts' Isn't The Only Fictional Candidate Running for President
WASHINGTON -- With the crowded presidential field, which features 22 Democratic and Republican candidates, not a great deal of attention has been paid to the 585 individuals officially registered on t ...
20 Aug, 2015
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Will Jesse Ventura Be In Bernie Sanders' Corner in 2016?
Jesse "The Body" Ventura, a former professional wrestler and Minnesota governor, says he is willing to help independent U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders in his bid for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomi ...
20 Jul, 2015
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To Boost Voter Turnout, We Need To Think Bigger Than Motor Voter Laws
SACRAMENTO, CALIF. -- California legislators introduced a bill last March that will automatically register citizens to vote when they obtain or renew their driver's license. The new law follows in Ore ...
16 Jul, 2015
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3 min read
One Former GOP Congressman Wants Independent Candidate in POTUS Debates
It sounds surprising at first, but Vin Weber, the former Minnesota congressman and an advisor to the Jeb Bush campaign, is a strong supporter of changing the rule to open up the presidential debates t ...
29 May, 2015
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3 min read
Working Families Party: The Most Influential Third Party in the U.S.?
In February 2015, Edwin Gomes became the first candidate running solely on the Working Families Party (WFP) line to win a seat in a state legislature. Gomes beat out four other candidates in a special ...
26 May, 2015
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7 min read
What America Should and Shouldn't Do to Implement Proportional Representation
NATIONAL -- There is no doubt that there are some IVN readers who support some form of proportional representation, often seen as a voting scheme that maximizes representation and makes every vote cou ...
25 Feb, 2015
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16 min read
White House Emphasizes Need to Prevent All Forms of Terrorism during CVE Summit
The Obama administration opened a three-day summit on Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) at the White House on Wednesday, inviting local, federal, and international leaders to discuss methods of comba ...
19 Feb, 2015
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2015 On Pace to Have Worst Measles Outbreak in Decades
As of February 6, there have been 121 reported cases of the measles in 17 states and Washington, D.C., in 2015 alone. If the measles outbreak continues at this pace, the number of repor ...
11 Feb, 2015
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3 min read
Higher Voter Turnouts Challenge Big Money in Politics
Money and power go hand in hand in the current discussion over the state of politics in America. A 2014 study by the California Public Interest Research Group, CALPIRG, found a relatively small number ...
28 Oct, 2014
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3 min read