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IVN Daily Digest -- July 11, 2014
1. Letter to The Aspen Times says many Colorado voters are denied their constitutionally-protected rights of non-association and equal access to elections under the state's partisan primary system."Th ...
11 Jul, 2014
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Keystone May Be A Bigger Election Issue Than Some Realize
It’s no secret that the Keystone issue is a political powder keg. Neither is it a secret that it’s a controversial topic pitting two traditional foes: environmentalists versus big oil. Very murky ...
13 Jun, 2014
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Psychological Effects of Poverty Just As Bad As Physical
For the 46.5 million Americans living below the poverty line, 16 million of which are children, life has become a consistent struggle. This struggle does not simply begin and end with monetary concern ...
23 May, 2014
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Reforming the Electoral College to Be More Inclusive to Voters
The way we elect the president and vice president in the U.S. is quite unique compared to the way we elect every other elected office. We don't elect them directly. Instead, we vote for electors who t ...
19 May, 2014
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We Can Reform the Electoral College without Amending the Constitution
Article II, Section I of the U.S. Constitution provides for electors to the Electoral College: “Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Elector ...
28 Feb, 2014
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A More Inclusive Presidential Primary Would Motivate Voters to Participate
It seems that in every cycle there is debate about which states should hold the first presidential primary elections. Some state always seems to try to jump ahead of Iowa and New Hampshire. Since 1972 ...
13 Feb, 2014
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Nebraska Independent Candidate Says Two-Party System is Broken
Jim Jenkins, an independent candidate, is running to fill an open U.S. Senate seat in Nebraska. The seat is being vacated by Senator Mike Johanns (R) who has decided not to run for re-election when hi ...
13 Nov, 2013
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Throwing Sticks and Stones at the IRS
Both independent and partisan observers have long described the United States as an ox or a mule that refuses to turn or move on the inclinations of an unpredictable caretaker. Symbolically, of course ...
21 Sep, 2013
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On the History of Congressional Majorities and the Management of a Nation
One-hundred and twelve legislative bodies have come and gone. We are now in the midst of our 113th Congress. And since our inception, only 27 of these assemblies have consisted of a sixty percent majo ...
16 Jul, 2013
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New National Curriculum Standards Geared for Global Economy
Photo by Woodley Wonder WorksFears about the absence of Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird or JD Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye are merely myths that mask real facts on a new national curriculum, Comm ...
18 Jan, 2013
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