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We Cannot Fail on Election Reform in 2022
We Cannot Fail on Election Reform in 2022
Editor's Note: This article originally appeared on The Fulcrum and has been republished with permission from the publisher.‍For those seeking better elections and a more representative government in t ...
04 Jan, 2022
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5 min read
Ranked Choice Voting Makes Ballot In Two Washington Counties
Ranked Choice Voting Makes Ballot In Two Washington Counties
Editor's Note: This article originally appeared on The Fulcrum and has been republished on IVN with permission from the publisher.‍Voters in Clark County, Wash., will get the opportunity in 2022 ...
14 Dec, 2021
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2 min read
Harvard Poll: Young Voters Believe the US Political System Is Failing
Harvard Poll: Young Voters Believe the US Political System Is Failing
A majority of young people look at the US political system and they do not see a true democratic process. A new Harvard Youth Poll found that many Americans between the ages of 18 and 29 believe the s ...
02 Dec, 2021
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2 min read
Protests, Rallies, and Insurrections: A Day in the Life of Washington, D.C.
Protests, Rallies, and Insurrections: A Day in the Life of Washington, D.C.
John Daniel Hull, IV, founder and partner of the D.C. law firm of Hull McQuire PC, joins T.J. O’Hara, host of Deconstructed, to share his political experiences and observations from inside the Beltway ...
17 Nov, 2021
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2 min read
Is The Constitution In Crisis… Or Did It Create One?
Is The Constitution In Crisis… Or Did It Create One?
Jeanne Sheehan Zaino, Ph.D., joins T.J. O’Hara, host of Deconstructed, to discuss the structural challenges of the Constitution that have contributed to the growing political stalemate in our Nation’s ...
13 Oct, 2021
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3 min read
California Permanently Adopts Universal Vote-by-Mail, But Ignores Bigger Voting Rights Problem
California Permanently Adopts Universal Vote-by-Mail, But Ignores Bigger Voting Rights Problem
California is now the largest state to permanently adopt universal mail-in ballot distribution. Governor Gavin Newsom signed the measure into law Monday. While it goes a long way to increase voter par ...
28 Sep, 2021
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3 min read
No Order in the Court
No Order in the Court
On September 6, 2021, Alan Braid, a seventy-six-year-old OBGYN in San Antonio, Texas, performed an abortion on a woman in her first trimester. A few years ago, this procedure would have attracted litt ...
22 Sep, 2021
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7 min read
CA Recall Election: Should Newsom Stay or Should He Go?
CA Recall Election: Should Newsom Stay or Should He Go?
September 14, 2021 is the day California voters decide the fate of Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom in a special recall election, only the fourth ever held in the US. Absentee ballots were due out by ...
26 Aug, 2021
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2 min read
The Media Has To Stop Worshipping A Partisan-Controlled Elections Process
The Media Has To Stop Worshipping A Partisan-Controlled Elections Process
Editor's Note: This piece originally appeared in the Portland Press Herald and has been republished on IVN by request and with permission from the author. ‍Greg Kesich’s July 25 column in the Por ...
24 Aug, 2021
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3 min read
California: A Voting Rights Catalyst or Dinosaur?
California: A Voting Rights Catalyst or Dinosaur?
Depending on what news station you watch, you might think that one party is the savior and the other, the enemy, of our sacred right to vote. But what if a larger battle is being waged to secure ...
22 Jul, 2021
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9 min read