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This year, it falls on November 6... which, as always, is a Tuesday.  It's Election Day.  But why does our election day fall on a Tuesday of all the days of the week?  In a time when we are fighting against voter turnout that only gets around 50%, shouldn't we think about moving the day? Election Day was officially set up by Congress in 1845.  Before that, Congress permitted states to conduct presidential elections at any time in a 34-day period before the first Wednesday of December.  But as c

Credit: CBS The investigation into the mysterious public polling agency called Independent Voter Research continues. The organization has conducted several robocalls in various states. Some voters have responded with confusion and anger over the volume of calls they receive on a daily basis. A. Michael Froomkin, professor at the University of Miami School of Law, wrote a post on his blog, Discourse.net, about his experiences with Independent Voter Research. In it, he goes into detail about rec

In 2009, the US Senate passed the Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment (MOVE) Act. The MOVE Act was an addition to the National Defense Authorization Act of that year and required states to ensure that the votes of all US troops deployed overseas be counted during an election. States took various paths toward ensuring that our troops would be able to participate in the elections taking place at home in 2010. Utah chose to implement online voting for service members deployed overseas from thei

From SOPA, PIPA, to ACTA intellectual property issues have been a hot topic for discussion this year in American politics. But, the multi-national Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations underway right now could have an even bigger impact on intellectual property rights held here in the United States. The 14th round of the TPP negotiations is currently being held in Leesburg, Virginia. A multitude of topics are subject to those negotiations, however, the issue of intellectual property righ

Credit: CBS The investigation into the mysterious public polling agency called Independent Voter Research continues. The organization has conducted several robocalls in various states. Some voters have responded with confusion and anger over the volume of calls they receive on a daily basis. A. Michael Froomkin, professor at the University of Miami School of Law, wrote a post on his blog, Discourse.net, about his experiences with Independent Voter Research. In it, he goes into detail about rec

Credit: theatlantic.com Republicans and Democrats just wrapped up their big conventions, but Independents and non-affiliated voters might be wondering where alternative solutions were being discussed. For the past two weeks, the Gary Johnson campaign schedule included multiple stops and events in the neighboring areas surrounding each party's convention. This past week's Democratic National Convention, held in Charlotte, North Carolina, began on Tuesday. Taking advantage of the political atmos

The first part of this story covered the up-and-coming Republicans who are likely to run in 2016, should Gov. Romney lose. This covers the Democrats. If President Obama wins re-election, these 10 Democrats can hypothetically be the next Democratic presidential candidate. Some of these names may not currently carry national attention, but they are the future of the Democratic Party. Some have family ties (Clinton, Cuomo), close relationships with past presidents (Biden, Emanuel), while others mad

Here are full videos of notable speakers delivering 2012 Republican National Convention speeches on the gathering's first official day of activities. Among those who spoke were Saratoga Springs, Utah Mayor Mia Love, Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, Rick Santorum, Senate Republican Candidate Ted Cruz of Texas, Artur Davis, South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, Ann Romney, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie. Who had the best speech? Watch below and let us know! Saratoga Springs,

Credit: realclearpolitics.com The presidential race is won by obtaining 270 of the 538 votes in the Electoral College. President Barack Obama and Republican candidate Mitt Romney are campaigning relentlessly, but much of their focus is on battleground/swing states. Each party has states that they can rely on to vote in their favor, but achieving 270 electoral votes requires reaching out to those undecided states. To refresh memories, the Electoral College is a process by which we select our Pr

Credit: pussy-riot.livejournal.com/ Members of Russian punk band, Pussy Riot were given harsh two year sentences in prison for performing street theatre critical of Russian President Vladimir Putin on the steps of a Russian Orthodox church in Moscow. To be clear, the band did not enter the church, destroy property, attack anyone, nor incite a riot. Rather, the band sang and danced on the steps of a cathedral. While they might have been rousted by police in the US for doing so (and even that is