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The Majority Has Spoken (Again and Again): It’s Time To End The Electoral College
Raise your hand if you think that the president of the United States should be elected by the popular vote. Ah, it looks like most of you do. Hands down and know that you’re not alone.In fact, poll af ...
07 Nov, 2016
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Solving Problems with Ranked Choice Voting: Replacing Runoffs
As the general election nears, FairVote will discuss problems with our election system and electoral solutions offered by ranked choice voting.In a previous blog post, we discussed the problems that c ...
07 Nov, 2016
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How a Presidential Candidate Can Contest the Results of the Election
Donald Trump said during Wednesday night’s debate that he couldn’t guarantee that he will accept the results of the November 8 election, but would have to “look at it at the time.” Trump has repeatedl ...
21 Oct, 2016
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Electoral College: The 'Goldilocks' Solution to the Rural / Urban Divide
It seems that in every political discussion that involves more than a dozen people, two things are sure to happen: someone is called a 'Hitler' and someone blames our political woes on the Electoral C ...
20 Oct, 2016
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Un Llamado a California: Voten por el Candidato, No Por el Partido
Como republicano, anterior representante del 25avo Distrito Congresional de California (1993-2015), y Presidente del Comité de las Fuerzas Armadas del Congreso, fui testigo de primera mano de la ética ...
19 Oct, 2016
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Tired of Political Status Quo, Two-Party Duopoly Fuels Voter Apathy
The 2016 Presidential election has been dubbed by many as a choice between “the lesser of two evils” and many voters are so disenchanted with the entire process that they are threatening to sit out th ...
27 Sep, 2016
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10 min read
Party Leaders to Defectors: Vote How We Tell You, Or Else...
RNC Chair Reince Priebus is going all in on Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and he wants to make sure any Republican with ambitions of a political future does as well. Making an appearanc ...
20 Sep, 2016
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Georgia's Costly, Low Turnout Runoffs Can Be a Thing of the Past
Georgia voters returned to the polls on July 26 for a round of primary runoffs, where they were asked to choose between the top two vote-getters in any primary race where no candidate won a majority o ...
14 Sep, 2016
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Lawmakers on Both Sides of the Aisle Join Together to Pass JASTA, Face Veto
The House of Representatives last week voted to pass legislation allowing victims of terrorism greater ability to sue foreign government officials.Called the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act ...
12 Sep, 2016
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Will E-Voting via Smartphone Promote Greater Election Participation?
With smartphone ownership being so common in the U.S., the questions surrounding electronic voting are becoming increasingly important. 39 percent of likely voters surveyed by Consumer Reports said th ...
09 Sep, 2016
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