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Green Party Ballot Access at Highest Levels in 2016
Green Party Ballot Access at Highest Levels in 2016
Green Party ballot access campaigns have had more success in 2016 than ever before, according to Rick Lass, Ballot Access Coordinator for the Jill Stein campaign.You can check out the Greens' infograp ...
02 Sep, 2016
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A Spot on the Ballot: Alternative Candidates, the Supreme Court, and the Long Fight for Inclusive Elections (Part 1 of 2)
A Spot on the Ballot: Alternative Candidates, the Supreme Court, and the Long Fight for Inclusive Elections (Part 1 of 2)
Ballot Access in Historical ContextOver the last several decades, the percentage of Americans who self-identify as independents has climbed to above 40 percent while attachment to the Democratic ...
02 Sep, 2016
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8 min read
The 'Tea Leaves' of August Polling Are Starting To Settle
The 'Tea Leaves' of August Polling Are Starting To Settle
There's an axiom in polling that goes back to 1936. If you expect to win the presidency, you'd better be polling well as September begins.Nobody really 'likes' to admit that polling is as good of a sc ...
24 Aug, 2016
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3 min read
Ballot Access Blues: Controversial Cases From the 2016 Election Cycle
Ballot Access Blues: Controversial Cases From the 2016 Election Cycle
As with past election cycles, third party and independent candidates – as well as initiatives aimed at reducing the power of the two major parties – are struggling to achieve access to ...
19 Aug, 2016
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10 min read
Reality Check: Why Gary Johnson and Jill Stein are not 'Wasted Votes'
Reality Check: Why Gary Johnson and Jill Stein are not 'Wasted Votes'
In what has been an election year unlike any other, things could become even more unusual. As we head toward the presidential debates, is it possible that we will see 3 candidates on the stage, n ...
11 Aug, 2016
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Tracking the Candidates: Current Electoral College Rules Mean Most Americans Ignored
Tracking the Candidates: Current Electoral College Rules Mean Most Americans Ignored
In the weeks since the California primary, when Hillary Clinton joined Donald Trump in becoming her party’s presumptive nominee for president, FairVote has tracked both candidates’ campaign appearance ...
01 Aug, 2016
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Seeking Exposure, Third Party Candidates Begin Appearing in Presidential Polls
Seeking Exposure, Third Party Candidates Begin Appearing in Presidential Polls
A recent poll shows that presumptive nominees Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have record-high unfavorability ratings: 55 percent and 70 percent, respectively. Yet despite their unpopularity, th ...
20 Jun, 2016
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3 min read
Coming Soon: Media May Project Election Winners Days before Voting
Coming Soon: Media May Project Election Winners Days before Voting
Ever since the Chicago Daily Tribune's iconic blunder of projecting Thomas Dewey as the victor in the 1948 election, polling has evolved into a more precise science, one so accurate that scoffers and ...
30 Mar, 2016
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3 min read
Why The Greatest Threat To Personal Data May Be Political Campaigns
Why The Greatest Threat To Personal Data May Be Political Campaigns
Running for political office has changed. The name of the game now is voter data. Political campaigns are now nothing more than huge data gathering machines. These campaigns suck up every detail abo ...
21 Mar, 2016
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4 min read
Millions of Voters Disenfranchised on Super 'Undemocratic' Tuesday
Millions of Voters Disenfranchised on Super 'Undemocratic' Tuesday
Super Tuesday (March1) is one of the most heavily covered events in the presidential election process. With over a dozen contests and a quarter of the delegates up for grabs on the Democrati ...
01 Mar, 2016
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3 min read