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Missouri Senator Chappelle-Nadal To Be Expelled?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvtLKW77pZwMissouri State Senator Maria Chappelle-Nadal has apologized for her Facebook post last Thursday calling for the assassination of President Trump.Chappelle-Na...
Morning Report: August 17, 2017
Time for Missouri to Truly Go PurpleIn a story on IVN.us, Erik Fogg says it's high time for Missouri to send an independent to Congress.Fogg writres:"Missouri is a classic American Purple state. It is...
Break the Duopoly: It's Time to Make Missouri a Truly "Purple" State
Missouri is a classic American Purple state. It is coveted by presidential candidates much as Iowa, New Hampshire, Ohio, and Florida: It voted twice for Clinton, but also voted for Bush, McCain, Romne...
Free My Voice: Primary Elections Should Serve Voters, Not Parties
Like a lot of Missouri voters, I’m beyond angry at our recent divisive presidential election and scandal-plagued state legislature. It’s time to vent that anger at the real culprit: an election system...
Congress Effectively Legalizes Medical Marijuana at the Federal Level
Last week, Congress avoided a government shutdown by agreeing to a continuing resolution to keep the federal government funded for another week.Then over the weekend, US lawmakers agreed to a deal tha...
Independents Are Ready to #HackTheSenate in 2018
A recent Gallup poll listed ‘dissatisfaction with the government’ as the highest ranking problem facing Americans. They found that fewer than a third of Americans are happy with the direction the coun...
Kentucky People’s Alliance: Time for Voters to Reclaim Power Hoarded by Parties
Two law students from the University of Kentucky have embarked on a grassroots campaign to bring direct democracy to the bluegrass state. Vince Taormina and Ryan Mosley are the co-founders of the Kent...
Trump Silent on Biggest Campaign Promise: Unrigging the Election System
President Donald Trump’s first weeks as president seem to be centered around one strategy: Prove to the American people that he’s a man of his word and that unlike most politicians, he will actually k...
Gov. Brown: Ranked Choice Voting Enemy #1
Despite being home to many politicians who publicly champion voting reform, California has its fair share of partisan hurdles that stifle nonpartisan election reform.There are two reasons fo...
9 States Introduce Ranked Choice Voting in January
As the new year gets underway, state legislatures around the country are convening to tackle the issues of the day. In at least nine states, electoral reform is on the agenda. Building on the momentum...