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79% of State Legislative Incumbents Had No Primary Opposition this Year
79% of State Legislative Incumbents Had No Primary Opposition this Year
In the 44 states with state legislative elections on Nov. 3, 2020, there are 5,875 state legislative seats on the ballot.This year, 4,994 incumbents sought re-election.[3] 20.4% (1,017) had a conteste ...
04 Sep, 2020
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It’s Common Sense: Let Californians Speak in a Safe Way
It’s Common Sense: Let Californians Speak in a Safe Way
This is an independent opinion. Want to respond? Write your own commentary! Email hoa@ivn.us.The California Common Sense Party is attempting to be officially recognized, so that it can participate in ...
02 Sep, 2020
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Will California Change Policing?
Will California Change Policing?
It’s crunch month for California legislators who promised sweeping reforms in response to the police killing of George Floyd and the protests his death unleashed.Yet some social justice advocates doub ...
18 Aug, 2020
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Should the State Investigate Local Police Shootings? California Rethinks its Resistance
Should the State Investigate Local Police Shootings? California Rethinks its Resistance
If officers shot and killed Sean Monterrosa in Connecticut or New York — instead of in Vallejo, California — a state agency would investigate the June 2 incident, when a police officer reportedly mist ...
11 Aug, 2020
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These 24 States Have Already Made Voting Easier in 2020
These 24 States Have Already Made Voting Easier in 2020
Editor's Note: This article originally appeared on The Fulcrum and has been republished on IVN with permission from the publisher.‍With fewer than a hundred days to the presidential election, almost h ...
03 Aug, 2020
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3 More States Expand Access to Absentee Voting
3 More States Expand Access to Absentee Voting
Editor's Note: This article originally appeared on The Fulcrum and has been republished on IVN with permission from the publisher.‍Proponents of expanded voting by mail during the pandemic won vi ...
21 Jul, 2020
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Kentucky latest to expand mail voting in response to pandemic
Kentucky latest to expand mail voting in response to pandemic
Originally published on The Fulcrum.All Kentuckians will get the chance to vote by mail in the June 23 primary under a deal worked out between Gov. Andy Beshear, a Democrat, and Secretary of State Mic ...
28 Apr, 2020
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After COVID-19 Things Will Change
After COVID-19 Things Will Change
COVID-19, like many global crises and catastrophes bring change. Sometimes permanently, often temporarily. Change comes in both positive and negative garbs. But change never fails to force itself upon ...
30 Mar, 2020
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Opinion: Ranked Choice Voting Must Be A Part of the Coronavirus Elections Fix
Opinion: Ranked Choice Voting Must Be A Part of the Coronavirus Elections Fix
Richie is president and Daley a senior fellow at FairVote, a nonpartisan electoral reform group that promotes ranked-choice voting. This month Daley published "Unrigged: How Americans Are Battling Bac ...
30 Mar, 2020
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Ranked Choice Voting Is Under Attack
Ranked Choice Voting Is Under Attack
Ranked choice voting, an alternative ballot method, has been under attack by the press. Unlike the traditional “pick one” ballot used in most U.S. elections, ranked choice ballots allow voters to rank ...
21 Oct, 2019
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