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The 5 Biggest Reasons Why Plurality Voting Fails
Black and white illustrations by Andy Schuler.Any academic will tell you that our choose-one voting method (plurality voting) is a terrible, terrible voting method. (There’s better.) In fact ...
02 Apr, 2015
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South Dakota Voters Lose Choice At Ballot Box
South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard signed a bill dramatically changing the laws governing ballot access for Independent candidates just months after an Independent took 17% of the vote in a s ...
26 Mar, 2015
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Independent Voter Project Talks Voting Rights on NBC7
On Sunday, March 22, the Independent Voter Project, represented by Chad Peace, discussed the current lawsuit before the Third Circuit Court of Appeals challenging the constitutionality of the closed ...
23 Mar, 2015
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2015 On Pace to Have Worst Measles Outbreak in Decades
As of February 6, there have been 121 reported cases of the measles in 17 states and Washington, D.C., in 2015 alone. If the measles outbreak continues at this pace, the number of repor ...
11 Feb, 2015
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Federal Regulators to Crack Down on Unaffordable Payday Loans
The New York Times reported Monday that federal regulators are expected to draft new rules to govern short-term loans, including car titles and payday loans, which to date have fallen mostly unde ...
09 Feb, 2015
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What The Bible Riots Can Teach Us About Modern American Society
"They are trying to take the Bible out of our schools!"While this might sound like a headline from any number of modern media outlets, this was a rallying cry of a series of riots that took place in P ...
28 Jan, 2015
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Partisan Advocate Fears Calif. Court May Side with Voters
On Thursday, January 15, oral arguments were made before the California State Appeals Court in San Francisco in the case Rubin v. Bowen. Third parties continue to challenge the nonpartisan, top-two op ...
16 Jan, 2015
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The Next President Can't Win Without the Youth Vote in 2016
Polls suggest young voters’ preferences, in regards to both candidates and policies, have become more socially liberal in the past 15 years.Millennials: The Politically Unclaimed Generation, a report ...
13 Jan, 2015
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Looking to the Founders: The Copper Panic and The Gold Standard Debate
No State shall . . . coin Money; emit Bills of Credit; make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts... --U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 10July 1789George Washington ...
02 Jan, 2015
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Looking to the Founders: Is Common Core Common Sense?
When looking to the Founders on the topic of education, probably the finest example to turn to is Noah Webster.Often called the "Father of American Scholarship and Education," his primers were used fo ...
10 Dec, 2014
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