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Finding Common Ground: How to Fix our Broken Political System
Most Americans have come to see our political system as highly dysfunctional.An October 2013 Gallup poll shows that 60 percent of Americans do not feel well-represented by either major party and favor ...
13 Aug, 2014
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Why Oregon Voters Should Support The Top-Two Primary Initiative
This fall, Oregonians will vote by mail to decide whether Oregon will join its neighbors, California and Washington, and become the third west coast state to pass the top-two primary.As expected, much ...
06 Aug, 2014
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How Do We Define the Political Center on Privacy?
While the U.S. political scene is often described as polarized, many members within the major political parties can agree on one issue: privacy and surveillance. From Democrats like Dianne Feinstein a ...
04 Aug, 2014
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2 States, D.C. to Let Voters Decide Fate of Marijuana Legalization
A plume is haunting America -- the plume of legal marijuana. The November ballots of two states, Oregon and Alaska, and the District of Columbia will include initiatives to legalize recreational marij ...
31 Jul, 2014
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IVN Daily Digest -- July 30, 2014
1. State director for Oregon's Working Families Party explains why his organization endorsed the state's top-two primary initiative."As a minor political party we understand as intimately as anyone th ...
30 Jul, 2014
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A Brief Overview of the American Voting System
...measures are too often decided, not according to the rules of justice and the rights of the minor party, but by the superior force of an interested and overbearing majority. --James Madison, ...
30 Jul, 2014
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6 min read
Does All-Mail Voting Have an Impact on Voter Turnout?
Three states -- Colorado, Oregon, and Washington state -- have all-mail voting systems in place, but if recent history is any guide, they will soon be joined by other states like California, Arizona, ...
25 Jul, 2014
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3 min read
American Party Candidate Jill Bossi Pushes Term Limits in S.C. Senate Race
In the 2014 U.S. Senate race in South Carolina, most of the focus seems to be on Senator Tim Scott's campaign to not only be the first black senator to serve South Carolina in the Senate, but the firs ...
24 Jul, 2014
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Initiative to Adopt Top-Two Open Primary in Oregon Qualifies for Ballot
Update notice: This article has been updated from the original published post to include quotes from Maurice Henderson, the campaign manager for Yes on Oregon Open Primary. Voters in Oregon will ...
16 Jul, 2014
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IVN Daily Digest -- July 10, 2014
1. The editorial board of Wyoming's Casper Star-Tribune supports a lawsuit challenging the state's heavy restrictions on third party fundraising."In Wyoming, the time period for fundraising is tied to ...
10 Jul, 2014
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