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CA Sec. of State Voter Guide: Treasurer Candidate Statements
California’s Secretary of State Alex Padilla has released the 2018 Voter Guide. The guide contains all relevant information related to the various propositions and candidate races voters will be asked...
Love Him or Hate Him, Trump Has One Thing Right About A Shutdown
On the eve of another government shutdown, President Trump told reporters outside the Pentagon that the effect would be hardest felt by the nation’s military, something that the president’s critics we...
More States Take Up Statewide Ranked Choice Voting Bills
With the new year, begins a new legislative session. Legislators have the opportunity to use this time to introduce bills to empower voters in their state. Ranked choice voting (RCV) continues to expa...
In Big Win for Federalism, "Magic" Mushrooms Up Next for CA Ballot?
Supporters of a 2018 ballot initiative to legalize psychedelic mushrooms in California were given the green light by the state attorney general's office earlier this month to circulate petitions and g...
In Troubling Move, Military to Recruit People with History of Mental Illness
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x52hu0ilm4EVideo Credit: RTA widely circulated article by Fox News Tuesday reports that the U.S. Army, struggling to meet its recruitment quotas, will be lowering ...
5 Reasons The Moderate Approach Wins Over Hyper-Partisanship
Turn on CNN or Fox News, and you would have to assume that all American politics settle nicely into two buckets -- two opposite extremes. With the patterns of brinksmanship and divisive politics that ...
Meet The 8 Senators Who Voted Against the NDAA
We talk about the political divide in Washington and the gridlock that prevents anything from getting done on Capitol Hill. Yet, if there is one thing both parties can agree on, it is the topic of def...
Tale of Two Primaries and How to Uphold Majority Rule
Editor’s note: This article, written by Rob Richie, originally published on FairVote’s blog on August 16, 2017, and has been modified slightly for publication on IVN.Next spring, states will start vot...
Morning Report August 23, 2017
RANKED CHOICE VOTING GETS SHOT IN THE ARMIn a story that was first published on FairVote's blog, Rob Richie looks at the latest Primaries and how to Uphold Majority Rule.Richie writes, "Next spring, s...
New Utah Party Wants to End Taxpayer-Funding of Closed Primaries
There is a new party on the rise in Utah, and it wants to end taxpayer funding for closed partisan primary elections.Utah uses a semi-closed primary system for statewide and congressional offices. Thi...