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May Was A Monumental Month for Independents
It’s been a while! However, no matter how little we’ve written about independent candidates and organizations over the past month, actions continue to be taken by those who look to change the two ...
29 May, 2018
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Ohio: The Next State to End Gerrymandering?
Update 5/9/18: Issue 1 -- Ohio redistricting reform -- passed with three-fourths voter support, 74.9% voting "Yes."Update 5/8/18, 8:57 PM ET: Election results in Ohio point to overwhelming victory for ...
07 May, 2018
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Legal Marijuana On The Michigan Ballot in 2018
A Michigan ballot initiative to legalize recreational marijuana received enough valid signatures to qualify for a vote in November.When the required number of ballot signatures was certified by the St ...
30 Apr, 2018
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"Hollywood for Ugly People": Independent Candidate Gets Candid About DC Corruption
"Hollywood for ugly people."It is not a phrase coined by Michigan independent congressional candidate Cooper Nye. However, Nye says he can see why some people have come to view Washington, DC thi ...
23 Apr, 2018
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The Predicament of Polling
If 2016 taught me anything, it is how disastrous political polls have become. And as we head into the 2018 midterms, we should take a hard look how we are conducting them, crunching the numbers and us ...
20 Apr, 2018
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Beyond Party Politics: 4 Common Sense Solutions to Smart Trade Policy
How could a handful of common-sense, independent Senators defuse the partisanship around trade? By changing the way we talk about the whole issue.Most American say they believe in markets. Why? Becaus ...
22 Mar, 2018
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5 min read
Voters, Not Politicians: The Fight to End Partisan Gerrymandering Rages On [Podcast]
Katie Fahey, President and Treasure of Voters Not Politicians, is leading an effort to establish a citizen's redistricting commission in Michigan. She and her team have built a statewide net ...
15 Mar, 2018
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Yank Her Mic: Moment My Interviewee Gets Microphone Ripped at Supreme Court Protest
I watched as the microphone I had clipped to my interviewee's coat was suddenly yanked off, and she was silenced by a well-dressed woman with the teacher's union who had approached us. We were standin ...
28 Feb, 2018
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Why America is Simply Ill-Equipped To Solve Gun Violence
Mark Duncan has already had a near death experience with a mass shooter.His daughter Faryn, a 20-year-old student at University of Nevada Las Vegas found herself in the crosshairs at a country music f ...
20 Feb, 2018
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5 min read
Unrigging The System: Reformers, Civic Groups Take Action Following Historic Summit
The Unrig The System Summit in New Orleans was a historic event that brought together people from across the political spectrum who could all agree on at least one thing: Our political process is corr ...
17 Feb, 2018
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