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10 Ways Political Parties Control Your Vote
1. States Send Delegates to the Electoral College that Represent Parties, Not PeopleWhen envisioning the electoral college, the goal of the Founding Fathers was to send electors who were “free from an ...
28 Apr, 2015
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Cannabis Activist Loses Custody of 11-Year-Old Son in Weirdest Case of Drug Enforcement
Kansas resident Shona Banda, 37, lost custody of her 11-year-old son (at least temporarily) in late March after the boy stood up for the medical benefits of cannabis oil during an anti-drug class at s ...
21 Apr, 2015
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Us vs Them: When Politics is Treated Like a Football Game, No One Wins
A collaborative effort between Patrick Miller of the University of Kansas and Pamela Johnston Conover of the University North Carolina at Chapel Hill offers new insight into the growing ...
21 Apr, 2015
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Proposed N.C. Abortion Restrictions Reduce Women's Safety, Opponents Say
NORTH CAROLINA -- Recently proposed bills in the North Carolina House and Senate aim to tighten restrictions on abortion.A key point in House Bill 465 would extend waiting periods between when women c ...
17 Apr, 2015
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3 Pitfalls of the Fair Tax Proposal
Several weeks ago, several people criticized the article about comparing America's tax rates to the rest of the world, countering with comments on Facebook like:Who cares? These comparisons ...
16 Apr, 2015
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9 min read
Greg Orman: "Open the Presidential Debates"
Greg Orman ran for U.S. Senate of Kansas in 2014 as an independent candidate against a 16-year incumbent, Republican U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts. Despite the obstacles in running for U.S. Senate withou ...
13 Apr, 2015
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South Dakota Voters Lose Choice At Ballot Box
South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard signed a bill dramatically changing the laws governing ballot access for Independent candidates just months after an Independent took 17% of the vote in a s ...
26 Mar, 2015
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16 min read
Why Cutting Congressional Pay Will Not Solve Any Problems
Facebook seems to be constantly inundated with memes that have similar themes to this one:There are several variations of this meme, from stating that Congress should make what our soldiers ...
03 Feb, 2015
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5 min read
Parties Treat Americans as Pawns in Their Partisan Games
After the results of the 2014 midterm elections were in, IVN published an article suggesting that Vice President Joe Biden may have intentionally sabotaged independent Greg Orman's campaign in the Kan ...
26 Jan, 2015
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Kansas SOS Kris Kobach Proposes Reforms to Strengthen Parties, Not Elections
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach has submitted two new election reforms to the Kansas Legislature that are a direct response to the 2014 U.S. Senate race, where Republican incumbent Pat Roberts w ...
20 Jan, 2015
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5 min read