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More States Take Up Statewide Ranked Choice Voting Bills
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 ...
15 Jan, 2018
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IVN Monthly Update: Record Number of Independents Give Voters Hope
IVN Monthly Update: Record Number of Independents Give Voters Hope
Happy New Year! And what an exciting year 2018 will be for independent candidates and the reform movement!In an election year that is supposed to be highly dramatic and very expensive, voters wil ...
12 Jan, 2018
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Still Broken: VA Wastes $90 Million in Overpayments to Middlemen
Still Broken: VA Wastes $90 Million in Overpayments to Middlemen
In September, in what seems to be just the latest in a string of financial issues for the VA, the Inspector General of the VA released a memo detailing $90 million in overpayments to the middlemen who ...
01 Dec, 2017
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In Big Win for Federalism, "Magic" Mushrooms Up Next for CA Ballot?
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 ...
29 Nov, 2017
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Get Ready, 2018 is Shaping Up to Be A Good Year for Independents
Get Ready, 2018 is Shaping Up to Be A Good Year for Independents
On the surface, it often seems like our existing two-party dominated system is somehow the way our country is “meant to be” and nothing could change that regardless of how dysfunctional things become. ...
27 Nov, 2017
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If DACA Ends, What Happens To The "DREAMers" in the Military?
If DACA Ends, What Happens To The "DREAMers" in the Military?
Since President Trump announced the possible end of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, it’s left those so-called “DREAMers” currently serving in the military under a speci ...
14 Sep, 2017
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The Two-Party Duopoly: Why America's Politics are Nastier than Europe's
The Two-Party Duopoly: Why America's Politics are Nastier than Europe's
In my experience speaking to Europeans and Canadians about our political system, they frequently demonstrate a lot of worry for us. Gone are the days of the usual cross-Atlantic holier-than-thou quipp ...
13 Sep, 2017
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Rand Paul on Tax Reform: Everybody Should Get a Tax Cut
Rand Paul on Tax Reform: Everybody Should Get a Tax Cut
Congress returns Tuesday from their August recess to a packed legislative session. Number one on the agenda for the White House and Republicans on Capitol Hill is the ambitious goal of putting togethe ...
05 Sep, 2017
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Police Action: Surplus Military Equipment Directed To PD Units
Police Action: Surplus Military Equipment Directed To PD Units
Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced that the Trump administration would be reversing the ban put in place by the Obama administration that halted the sale of certain surplus military equipment to ...
31 Aug, 2017
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Morning Report August 24, 2017
Morning Report August 24, 2017
COLORADO SECRETARY OF STATE SUEDIn a story on IVN.us, two of Colorado’s presidential electors, the people who cast Colorado’s votes in the electoral college, filed a lawsuit last week against Secretar ...
23 Aug, 2017
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