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An IVN article revealed the top five states with the highest number of registered independent voters. Surprisingly, a majority of these states still have primary elections that disenfranchise this growing segment of the population. Massachusetts, Alaska, Rhode Island, New Jersey, and Connecticut lead the nation with the highest percentages of independent or no party preference voters, hovering between 43 and 52 percent. However, despite the fact that in each of these states independents are mor

Friday, June 14th 2013 was flag day, a day which tends to go uncelebrated, and about which most people know very little. This post will be a brief detour from my continuing series on the different facets of the Kiera Wilmot Bottle Bomb story. It looks long, and it is, but most of it is pictures.  As you look through the various images included here, I hope you will contrast the actual origins of the U.S. flag, as it was originally adopted by the Founding Fathers, and contrast that with the nic

Out of the 28 states that record party affiliation upon registering to vote, Massachusetts, Alaska, New Jersey, Rhode Island, and Connecticut have the highest percentage of independent or no party preference voters in the country. Unaffiliated voters in Massachusetts and Alaska are the majority with about 53 percent of voters in both states declining to register with a party. At the top of the list is Massachusetts with 53 percent of registered voters declining to state a party preference. Out

Credit: slashgear.com The "Internet of Things" is the concept that all devices are connected to each other and the user by the Internet. This means, for example, that a refrigerator might be able to tell the consumer on the way to the grocery store that he or she needs to buy more eggs. It should be noted that this is a broad concept and one that no one company will be able to establish a monopoly on. However, possibilities for this are almost limitless, and it is that fact that makes this tec

Unconstitutional Acts of the NSA I have been a Verizon Wireless customer since late 2001.  You can imagine my disdain then, not at Verizon, but at the federal government that has issued a court order for Verizon to turn over all of the data for its customers regarding phone calls and even metadata.  The story broke early on Thursday in an article in the UK's The Guardian.  This should actually scare the American people even more than the act of terrorism itself.  The court order was issued on A

Credit: Picsfive / Shutterstock.com As seen previously on Money Talks, Senate Bill 361, would "require the Secretary of State’s website to provide easier online access to voter and election information including voter registration, verifying registration, polling place location, and status of provisional and vote-by-mail ballot, including if it was counted, and if not why. It is time California has a fully integrated system that is accessible to all voters," according to Senator Alex Padilla (D

In a country as heavily partisan as the United States, it is very rare to find politicians whose allegiance lies outside the Democratic and Republican machines. Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee, elected as an independent, represents one of the very few exceptions to this rule; that said, not all voters, or even third party advocates for that matter, are particularly enthused with their gubernatorial incumbent. This sentiment has led Ken Block, a political activist and government watchdog, to

In the wake of the recent scandal, a growing number of conservatives targeted by the IRS are coming forward.Justin Binik-Thomas of Ohio, whose name was specifically singled out in an IRS questionnaire, was one of them. Question 26 of the paperwork sent to the Liberty Township Tea Party in March 2012 stated as follows: "Provide details regarding your relationship with Justin Bink-Thomas ." He felt the IRS questioning a single person's association with an organization was troubling enough, but wh

(Credit: Kwame Raoul Twitter page) With a deadline approaching in the Illinois concealed carry debate, legislation was introduced in the State Senate late last week. However, each side in the gun debate continues to show signs of intransigence. Sponsored by Sen. Kwame Raoul, a Chicago Democrat, a vote was expected on Friday, but was delayed. A vote could come on Monday. Raoul's legislation would give Chicago police the authority to award permits with the Illinois State Police making the judgm

The integration of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) or drones in US Airspace, planned for 2015, would have a significant impact on the country's economy. Among all states, California would be the state to benefit the most from such integration. The New Yorker released an interactive map of the United States according to how much economic impact the integration of UAS would have on each state. The data used for the map was provided by the Association for Unmanned Vehicles System International (AUVS