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Morning Report: July 25, 2017
President Donald Trump made a last-ditch plea to U.S. Senate Republicans Monday to fulfill seven years of campaign promises to repeal and replace former President Barack Obama's signature health care ...
24 Jul, 2017
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Will Denver Be The Next Major City to Adopt Ranked Choice Voting?
The 2016 election provided more evidence than ever that voters are feeling frustrated by politics and feel like our elections are broken. Since November of last year, momentum for election reform has ...
24 Jul, 2017
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INTERVIEW: Gary Johnson for U.S. Senate in 2018?
In a recent interview for IVN, Gary Johnson consultant Ron Nielson said Johnson "would be a fantastic senator" if he chose to run in 2018 against New Mexico's Democratic junior senator, Martin Heinric ...
24 Jul, 2017
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Trump's Election Commission in Turmoil; Dems Want Kobach Out
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuiBaSuDULo President Donald Trump's Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity has come under heavy fire since its broad request for voter data ...
18 Jul, 2017
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Santa Fe Voters Need (and Deserve) Ranked Choice Voting
For the first time in Santa Fe, New Mexico history, there will be a full-time mayor elected in March of 2018 with additional powers, duties, and a higher salary. It is important that the majority of S ...
18 Jul, 2017
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10 Years Later, Santa Fe Continues to Deny Voters Ranked Choice Voting
SANTA FE, N.M. - The majority of Santa Fe voters sent a message to city officials in 2008: They want a change to the way local elections are conducted. They want ranked choice voting.City vo ...
12 Jul, 2017
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Gary Johnson Is Returning to Politics
Gary Johnson, the two-term Republican governor of New Mexico and twice nominated Libertarian Party presidential contender, is making his return to politics this Summer after leading the Libertarian Pa ...
10 Jul, 2017
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44 States Stand Up to the White House? Not Quite...
The biggest headline this week on President Donald Trump's election integrity commission is that 44 states plus DC have partly or fully rejected the commission's request for a broad array of personal ...
06 Jul, 2017
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How the Fair Representation Act Would Empower Voters in the Southwest
The United States continues to fall short in fairly reflecting its diversity in elected offices. Our widespread use of a winner-take-all rule -- that is, one where the biggest group of voters can win ...
26 Jun, 2017
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Mexico's Cultural War on Drugs Takes a Major Step Forward
Mexico has decriminalized marijuana for both medicinal and research purposes.About two months ago, Mexican legislators approved the proposal by an overwhelming majority in both chambers. Presiden ...
22 Jun, 2017
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