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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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Morning Report August 23, 2017
RANKED CHOICE VOTING GETS SHOT IN THE ARMIn a story that was first published on FairVote's blog, Rob Richie looks at the latest Primaries and how to Uphold Majority Rule.Richie writes, "Next spring, s ...
22 Aug, 2017
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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 ...
22 Aug, 2017
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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 ...
16 Aug, 2017
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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 ...
16 Aug, 2017
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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 ...
06 Jul, 2017
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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 ...
04 May, 2017
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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 ...
13 Apr, 2017
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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 ...
16 Mar, 2017
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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 ...
16 Feb, 2017
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