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Republicans Will Fight to Keep a Democrat on the Ballot in Kansas
Update 9/4/14, 1:20 PM PDT: Republican Secretary of State Kris Kobach announced Thursday that Chad Taylor must remain on the ballot because he failed to declare that he would be unable to perform the ...
Jackson Hole Summit Renews Debate on Federal Reserve Monetary Policy
In late August, economists, scholars, and central bankers from across the world gathered in Jackson Hole, Wyoming to make sense of current economic indicators and to plot a path forward for monetary a...
Independent Greg Orman Now Front-Runner in Kansas U.S. Senate Race
Wednesday, September 3 was a day of good news for independent U.S. Senate candidate Greg Orman.Orman picked up a key endorsement from the Traditional Republicans for Common Sense, a moderate Repu...
Independent Greg Orman: Reject the Notion that for America to Win, One Party Must Fail
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiGd3pDiItMUpon receiving his official endorsement from Women for Kansas, independent U.S. Senate candidate Greg Orman spoke before the group on why he entered the race ...
5 Most Common Campaign Strategies Major Parties Use Against Independent Candidates
When major party candidates are faced with the prospect of running against an independent candidate, they are often faced with a dilemma they are not prepared to deal with. Our political system has ev...
Independent Senate Candidate Greg Orman Qualifies for Kansas Ballot
The Kansas secretary of state announced on Friday that independent U.S. Senate candidate Greg Orman is officially certified for the November ballot.Kansas law requires independents to gather at least ...
The Strengths and Weaknesses of 3 Proportional Voting Methods
There are three methods of proportional representation advocates most commonly present: cumulative voting, limited voting, and ranked-choice voting. Each has been used in the United States, mainly in ...
IVN Daily Digest -- August 6, 2014
1. Terry Goddard, the Democratic candidate for secretary of state in Arizona, describes how independent voters and candidates are disenfranchised by the current election system."Arizona encourages par...
The Case for Proportional Representation in the United States
Our entire system of voting in America is in crisis. Gerrymandering, voting law changes, and the "overbearing majority" practiced by both parties has left a general feeling of disenfranchisement among...
Stuck Inside the Beltway with Impeachment Blues Again
“It’s time to impeach; and on behalf of American workers and legal immigrants of all backgrounds, we should vehemently oppose any politician on the left or right who would hesitate in voting for artic...