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Lawmakers Introduce Legislation to Fix The Voting Rights Act
According to The Nation, 3 senators will introduce new legislation on Thursday, January 16, that would update the Voting Rights Act (VRA) with a new formula to determine when preclearance is needed. P ...
16 Jan, 2014
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Hard Evidence Supports the Need for Voter ID Laws
As long as I count the votes, what are you going to do about it? - William M. “Boss” Tweed, c. 1871History shows that for as long as the right to vote has existed, that right has been threatened ...
16 Jan, 2014
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Taxpayers Continue to Flee States with Heaviest Tax Burdens
United Van Lines (UVL) is one of the largest moving companies in the United States. Each year since 1977, UVL has issued a study of interstate migration patterns. This study reports the share of outbo ...
03 Jan, 2014
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Democrat's Conservative Record Won't Save Him in GOP-Friendly District
UPDATE: Representative Mike McIntyre (D-NC 7) announced his retirement today, January 8. Consequently, the district will most likely be won by the GOP. It should be noted that, assuming the GOP win t ...
23 Dec, 2013
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10 Costly Programs Congress Should Cut from the Budget
In today's congressional atmosphere, suggesting ten costly programs that could be reasonably cut from the budget is analogous to placing warring siblings in a room with one toy and expecting them to c ...
11 Dec, 2013
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GOP Will Not Survive without Independent Voters, Strategist Says
Could the Republican Party be spent as a national electoral force? It will be if it doesn’t learn from its mistakes and return to a more central position in American life which includes talking to ind ...
03 Dec, 2013
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Where Are the Most Competitive Congressional Districts?
With Congress still unable to pass a budget deal and the debt ceiling deadline getting closer and closer, the congressional approval rating has dropped to 11 percent. As a result, commentators have a ...
15 Oct, 2013
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Current Electoral System to Blame for Government Shutdown
As week 2 of the first government shutdown in over a decade commences, most political watchers have started asking the question, "How did we get here?"Some, like Independent New York Mayor Michael Blo ...
08 Oct, 2013
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75 Percent of College Students in NC Self-Identify as Independent
Image Credit: Joy Brown / Shutterstock.comPoll results examining political tendencies among college students were released on August 23 by researchers from the University of North Carolina at Greensbo ...
03 Sep, 2013
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Can racism in America be cracked?
A quick glimpse through the Drudge Report the other night brought up quite a few articles focused on racial issues. While I know that Matt Drudge lives for controversy, I still had to wonder whet ...
29 Aug, 2013
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