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Let's Be Honest, Does Voting Even Matter in the Current System?
The first rule of Voting Club is that we do not complain unless we have voted. The second rule of Voting Club IS THAT WE DO NOT COMPLAIN UNLESS WE HAVE VOTED!The cliché saying goes, “If you don’t vote...
Poll: 86% of Millennials Believe Presidential Candidates Ignore Them
NEW YORK, Jan.12, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The vast majority of recent college graduates believe that the current presidential candidates are not talking about the issues that matter most ...
How Ballot Access Requirements for President Compare State to State
In recent news, Ohio state officials told Democratic presidential candidate Martin O’Malley that he could not be on the Democratic primary ballot. The petition to be on the ballot required 1,000 ...
After Traveling 14K Miles, Independent POTUS Candidate Learns One Crucial Truth About America
The spirit of America is strong; the state of our union is fragile.That is my conclusion after 100 days driving 14,128 miles through 34 states as an independent candidate for President of the United S...
What We Need to Learn from America's First Experience With Terrorism
The last 15 years since 9/11 has set into American minds a very narrow view of what terrorism means. A fitting standard definition is:[T]he use of violent acts to frighten the people in an area as a w...
4 Proposed Reforms to Strengthen Your Voice in Presidential Elections
The United States is often celebrated as the world’s leading example of representative government. However, we as a nation barely inspire half of our voters to show up for a national election—lea...
Maryland Lawmakers to Consider Plan to End Partisan Gerrymandering
On November 3, the Maryland Redistricting Reform Commission proposed a plan that would allow an independent committee to draw legislative districts. Under Maryland’s current system, the gove...
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...
New DNC Debate Rule Forces Candidate to Drop Out of Presidential Race
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4IsqmMqCEoDemocratic candidate Lawrence Lessig declared Monday that he is dropping out of the presidential race. In a YouTube video posted to his channel, Lessig said,...
Jim Webb: The Perfect Independent Candidate?
On October 20, shortly after the Democratic presidential debate, former U.S. Senator Jim Webb (D-Va.) decided to withdraw from the 2016 Democratic primary. If your first thought is bewilderment over w...