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Colorado Ethics Watch: $1.9 Million Unaccounted for During 2016 Campaigns
Colorado Ethics Watch: $1.9 Million Unaccounted for During 2016 Campaigns
Rising distrust in our political system is due in large part to a lack of transparency in several aspects of government.In Colorado, several organizations have taken up the cause of increasing transpa ...
27 Jul, 2017
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Will Denver Be The Next Major City to Adopt Ranked Choice Voting?
Will Denver Be The Next Major City to Adopt Ranked Choice Voting?
The 2016 election provided more evidence than ever that voters are feeling frustrated by politics and feel like our elections are broken. Since November of last year, momentum for election reform has ...
24 Jul, 2017
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4 min read
The Last New England State Just Decriminalized Marijuana
The Last New England State Just Decriminalized Marijuana
On July 18, 2017, New Hampshire became the last of the New England states to decriminalize recreational marijuana.The new law, HB 640, had bipartisan sponsorship and bipartisan support. It will take e ...
21 Jul, 2017
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Represent.Us: Fighting the Corrupting Influence of Money in CO Politics
Represent.Us: Fighting the Corrupting Influence of Money in CO Politics
Wouldn’t it be nice if politicians engaged with their constituents in order to get their vote and their donations? One-on-one? Knocking on doors in neighborhoods? Speaking with them individually? Lear ...
20 Jul, 2017
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Centrist Project: Giving Independent Candidates a Fighting Chance in Colorado
Centrist Project: Giving Independent Candidates a Fighting Chance in Colorado
Colorado is home to over 1.3 million independents, yet there is not a single independent legislator in either the State House or State Senate. Independents are the largest and fastest growing group of ...
19 Jul, 2017
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Dems, Independents Make Up Most of CO Voter Withdrawals
Dems, Independents Make Up Most of CO Voter Withdrawals
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQ4BvQ5ZXOMVideo Credit: Denver7Hundreds of Republican and independent voters in Colorado are among the nearly 4,000 people who have canceled their voter registrat ...
18 Jul, 2017
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League of Women Voters Keeps National Popular Vote Movement Alive in Colorado
League of Women Voters Keeps National Popular Vote Movement Alive in Colorado
After each presidential election in which the popular vote winner and the Electoral College winner differ, the country revisits the question, “Why do we still have the Electoral College?”Opponents of ...
17 Jul, 2017
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CO Officials: We've Never Seen Such a Sudden Exodus of Voters
CO Officials: We've Never Seen Such a Sudden Exodus of Voters
Thousands of voters have cancelled their voter registration in Colorado since President Trump's election integrity commission requested personal voter data on every registered voter in the countr ...
14 Jul, 2017
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Gerrymandering: Colorado’s Not-So-Great Divide
Gerrymandering: Colorado’s Not-So-Great Divide
The Colorado Rockies are home to many stunning features, one of which is the Continental Divide, which separates the watersheds of the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Ocean. Now, while the Continental Divi ...
13 Jul, 2017
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3 min read
American Promise: Fighting for a 28th Amendment
American Promise: Fighting for a 28th Amendment
We’ve all heard there’s a need to get money out of politics. But what’s not discussed as often are the details of how to go about doing so.Enter the 28th amendment. In the past few years, a movement h ...
11 Jul, 2017
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