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IVN Daily Digest -- July 23, 2014
1. The New Hampshire Civil Liberties Union sues New Hampshire secretary of state over restrictive ballot access laws."The law says third parties may not gather signatures to petition their way onto ba ...
23 Jul, 2014
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Eyes on the Prize: Rand Paul Expands Message Beyond GOP Ahead of 2016
An adage of former president Richard Nixon was to run to the right in primaries and move to the center in the general election. One of the more-discussed potential 2016 presidential candidates, U.S. S ...
21 Jul, 2014
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Could New York Elect Its First Female Governor in 2014?
With the 2016 presidential election still two years away, many commentators are already deeming Hillary Clinton the anointed Democratic candidate. Her biggest potential challenger appears to be Elizab ...
21 Jul, 2014
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Keystone May Be A Bigger Election Issue Than Some Realize
It’s no secret that the Keystone issue is a political powder keg. Neither is it a secret that it’s a controversial topic pitting two traditional foes: environmentalists versus big oil. Very murky ...
13 Jun, 2014
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Psychological Effects of Poverty Just As Bad As Physical
For the 46.5 million Americans living below the poverty line, 16 million of which are children, life has become a consistent struggle. This struggle does not simply begin and end with monetary concern ...
23 May, 2014
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Mass. Independent Senate Candidate to Reach Out to All Voters
On May 4, Massachusetts independent candidate for U.S. Senate, Bruce Skarin, kicked off his campaign and 1,000-mile #Walk4Democracy with a talk titled, “Citizenship in a Republic.” The same title as a ...
19 May, 2014
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Do Affirmative Action Bans Hurt Minority Students?
Recently, in the case Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, the United States Supreme Court, by a 6-2 vote, upheld a Michigan ban on affirmative action. The ban stated that universi ...
29 Apr, 2014
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Majority of Americans Say Major Parties Don't Represent Them
The United States is once again in the middle of a major election year and in many elections, people will go the polls with only two options to choose from -- red or blue, Republican or Democrat ...
25 Apr, 2014
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New Hampshire Independents: Scott Brown’s Best Chance for Victory
In the GOP’s attempt to retake the Senate in 2014 the way they reclaimed the House 4 years earlier there are already several authentic battleground states from Alaska to Louisiana. New Hampshire is no ...
02 Apr, 2014
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Bridging the Gender Gap: 4 States Have Yet to Send a Woman to Congress
With International Women’s Day this past weekend, across the world there were displays of support for women. In Montevideo, Uruguay, the government dedicated a stamp to Luisa Cuesta, who has fought fo ...
11 Mar, 2014
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