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PBS Educates Voters Nationwide on Restrictive Voting Laws with 'Ballot Watch'
PBS Educates Voters Nationwide on Restrictive Voting Laws with 'Ballot Watch'
The 2014 midterm elections are less than a month away and the GOP is poised to seize a majority in the Senate, though that would require winning some close races. Some are expected to come down to jus ...
09 Oct, 2014
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Rand Paul Says White House is Downplaying Ebola Threat
Rand Paul Says White House is Downplaying Ebola Threat
In an interview with the Laura Ingraham Show, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) accused the Obama administration of "underplaying" the threat of Ebola now that it has been identified in Dalla ...
02 Oct, 2014
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The New Face of Poverty in America: Service Members and Veterans
The New Face of Poverty in America: Service Members and Veterans
As service members approach the looming fiscal year with uncertainty, a recent survey from Feeding America found that a quarter of the families that their food banks serve are military families a ...
22 Sep, 2014
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Hawaii News Producer: We Decide Who is Viable, Not Voters
Hawaii News Producer: We Decide Who is Viable, Not Voters
On August 1, independent U.S. Senate candidate Joy Allison filed a lawsuit against television stations KHNL and KGMB, collectively known as Hawaii News Now, for not allowing her to appear in a televis ...
03 Sep, 2014
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Improving Elections: Which Voting Method Do You Support?
Improving Elections: Which Voting Method Do You Support?
One of the fundamental laws of psephology (the study of elections) is Duverger’s Law. This “law” affirms that in single-member districts, where the winner is whoever wins the most votes (plurality vot ...
28 Aug, 2014
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IVN Daily Digest -- August 18, 2014
IVN Daily Digest -- August 18, 2014
1. Ralph Nader criticizes the use of "spoiler" to describe independent and third-party candidates and how the major parties treat these candidates to maintain their dominance in elections."Remember th ...
18 Aug, 2014
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Congressional Progressive Caucus Increasingly Vocal, Critical of Obama
Congressional Progressive Caucus Increasingly Vocal, Critical of Obama
Since President Obama's inauguration and Rick Santelli's movement-making call to action that inspired the tea party, national politics has been a triangular affair, with the Republ ...
04 Aug, 2014
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Does All-Mail Voting Have an Impact on Voter Turnout?
Does All-Mail Voting Have an Impact on Voter Turnout?
Three states -- Colorado, Oregon, and Washington state -- have all-mail voting systems in place, but if recent history is any guide, they will soon be joined by other states like California, Arizona, ...
25 Jul, 2014
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What Happens if the Highway Trust Fund Gets Too Low?
What Happens if the Highway Trust Fund Gets Too Low?
By the time Dwight David Eisenhower became president of the United States, he had already secured historical immortality as the supreme commander of the victorious Allied Forces in the Second World Wa ...
15 Jul, 2014
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Will Millennials be the Generation to End Partisanship?
Will Millennials be the Generation to End Partisanship?
A March 7 Pew Research article found that 50 percent of Millennials consider themselves independent. When compared to the 39 percent of Gen Xers, 37 percent of Boomers, and 32 percent of Silents who s ...
05 Jun, 2014
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