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Over a Million Voters Denied Meaningful Say in Tuesday's Elections
Just when you thought independents couldn’t face any more voter discrimination this year, they will be hit with four closed primaries in a single day on April 26.This comes a week after independe ...
26 Apr, 2016
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Record Number of New Yorkers Cite Possible Cases of Fraud in Primaries
Horror stories abound in New York after the Tuesday primaries as voters report being dropped from rolls, turned away by poll workers, and subjected to long lines in understaffed polling places. City a ...
21 Apr, 2016
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Penn. Governor to Sign Historic Medical Marijuana Bill
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf, a long time advocate of medical marijuana, will sign SB 3 this weekend. SB 3 will usher in Pennsylvania's medical marijuana program.The state's mostly Republican G ...
15 Apr, 2016
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How Many Superdelegates Has Bernie Sanders Picked Up?
U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders is on a winning streak, having won eight of the last nine contests. Though Sanders still trails in terms of pledged delegates (whose support is tied to electoral ...
12 Apr, 2016
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Cruz Leads in Wisconsin; But Infighting May Turn State Blue
Wisconsin has long been an important battleground state in the modern election cycles for president. Its 10 electoral votes prove critical in most pathways to victory, but an important twist is happen ...
01 Apr, 2016
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Record-Shattering Number of Pennsylvanians Switch Party Registration ahead of Presidential Primary
More than 214,000 registered voters in Pennsylvania have switched their party registration ahead of the April 26 primary in order to participate in this year's competitive presidential contests, ...
31 Mar, 2016
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Five Reasons to Reject the "Biden Rule” Argument Against Merrick Garland
From the way that Mitch McConnell and other Republicans have been talking this week, one might suspect that “the Biden Rule” is an actual thing—that it existed as a term or a concept before last Wedne ...
18 Mar, 2016
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Discussions About Independent Voters Would Be Improved if Philosophical Principles Were Set Out
Many authors and commenters on IVN clearly believe that it is wrong for any party, or any state law, to prevent independent voters from voting in a government-administered primary for public office. I ...
11 Mar, 2016
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Rolling Stone: The Way America Picks Presidential Nominees Is Dumb
Michael Maiello, contributor for RollingStone.com, published an article Tuesday titled, The Way America Picks Presidential Nominees is Dumb, concluding that party primaries are the biggest scam i ...
17 Feb, 2016
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POTUS Candidates Mostly Mute on How They'll Govern in Divided Government
The primary season has begun. The field of candidates is dwindling faster now than it has over the past year. There have been numerous televised debates, town halls, campaign rallies, and news stories ...
05 Feb, 2016
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