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Over 33% of Population Lives in a State Where Gay Marriage is Legal
Last week, both Illinois and Hawaii passed same-sex marriage making them the 15th and 16th states to do so. Overall, 2013 has been quite a year for the LGBT community. These last two states just seem ...
12 Nov, 2013
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The Next Three States That Will Legalize Recreational Marijuana
Marijuana legalization activists gained considerable momentum this week. On Tuesday, the city of Portland, Maine, passed Question 1: 67 percent to 33 percent.The measure legalized possession of up to ...
08 Nov, 2013
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USA Freedom Act Introduced to Limit NSA Surveillance
Reports of National Security Agency surveillance capabilities and oversight continue to surpass previous assumptions. Dragnet data collection lie at the center of legal and privacy concerns. This week ...
31 Oct, 2013
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Approval Voting and The Effect on Partisanship with Mark Frohnmayer
What originally began as a way to weaken the power of political machines such as Tammany Hall, primary elections gradually became a way for the two mainstream political parties to control the electora ...
31 Oct, 2013
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30 Reasons Why Independent Voters Are Not a Myth
Political scientists and party pollsters run with a common narrative: Independent voters are a myth."We think of them as closet partisans who act in almost indistinguishable ways to those who identify ...
24 Oct, 2013
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A Timeline and History of Voting Rights
The history of voting rights in the U.S. has been a long battle of disharmony and disenfranchisement since the country’s formation and although freedom and voting are frequently associated with one a ...
22 Oct, 2013
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5 min read
Number of Non-Affiliated Voters in Oregon Reaches Half a Million
Republicans and Democrats continue to shrink and the IPO has unusual fallback.Monthly Trends: The month of September showed continued losses in membership for the Republican and Democratic Parties. Th ...
21 Oct, 2013
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Oregon Proposal Advocates Nonpartisan Primary System, With a Twist
The American electoral system is highly dysfunctional. One of its most basic problems is that districts and states often have lopsided partisan preferences, meaning that general elections between the ...
18 Oct, 2013
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Revolutionary Nonpartisan Primary Elections Proposed in Oregon
Jeff Mapes of OregonLive.com covered the story of Mark Frohnmayer -- son of David Frohnmayer, an established member of Oregon politics, law, and academia -- pushing for a version of the nonpartisan to ...
18 Oct, 2013
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NSA Leaks: Balancing Freedom and Security
A balance usually means that both sides have equal weight or standing. It could mean anything as mundane as putting the right amount of oregano and garlic on a slice of pizza. In a legal sense, there ...
25 Aug, 2013
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