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Unrig Roundtable: How Vote-At-Home Can Save Our Republic and Save Lives
The COVID-19 pandemic has put a strain on American life and the democratic process. Voters want a meaningful say in the 2020 elections, but they don’t want to risk their health to exercise their const...
Our weakened democracy may be made even weaker by coronavirus
Originally published on The Fulcrum.Sarat is a professor of jurisprudence and political science at Amherst College.Responding to its place at the center of the coronavirus pandemic, New York has now j...
Another coronavirus victim: public access to government
Originally published on The Fulcrum.Advocates of open government are sounding the alarm that local, state and federal officials are too quickly sacrificing public access to the cause of public health ...
Pandemic Elicits Surge to Save A Democratic Process Already in Crisis
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a dramatic and devastating impact on American society and the economy. All 50 states and the president have declared a state of emergency, and over 100 million Americans ...
High Court Accepts Case Involving Independent Voters
UPDATE: An important court case that could change the way the court views partisanship in the courtroom will be heading to the Supreme Court on March 25th. At stake is whether party affiliation, when ...
Convoluted CA Presidential Primary Rules Add to Vote Count Nightmare
It didn’t take long for the presidential landscape to radically shift following a monumental Super Tuesday. Yet, despite the departure of the richest person to run for president in modern US hist...
Here's What Each Candidate Has Spent Per Vote in The Democratic Primary
With a lot of primary left to go, the Democratic presidential candidates have raised and already spent a small fortune on their White House aspirations.So much for keeping money out of politics, right...
Letter to the Bangor Daily News: Ending party control of elections
Written by Joe Pickering of Mainers for Open Elections, originally published in the Bangor Daily News.“Go Vote,” the March 4 BDN editorial urges. “There is no better way to reinvigorate the democratic...
National Security Threat Whistleblower Blake Percival Releases Tell-All Book On IVN’s Deconstructed
“Blake Percival is one of the most important whistleblowers in recent history,” Attorney Larry Golston says. “We as a country are safer because of what he did.”The former Director of Fieldwork Service...
Sanders Criticizes California for Denying Independent Voters the Right to Vote
All the momentum in the 2020 Democratic presidential race appears to be behind US Senator Bernie Sanders after another victory in Nevada over the weekend. Now, headed into the most consequential Super...