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A More Inclusive Presidential Primary Would Motivate Voters to Participate
It seems that in every cycle there is debate about which states should hold the first presidential primary elections. Some state always seems to try to jump ahead of Iowa and New Hampshire. Since 1972 ...
13 Feb, 2014
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Voter ID Is Not About Fraud; It Is About Voter Suppression
On January 16, Gene Berardelli wrote an article for IVN titled, "Hard evidence supports the need for Voter ID laws." While this is a common argument among proponents of voter ID, the existence of har ...
05 Feb, 2014
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Lawmakers Introduce Legislation to Fix The Voting Rights Act
According to The Nation, 3 senators will introduce new legislation on Thursday, January 16, that would update the Voting Rights Act (VRA) with a new formula to determine when preclearance is needed. P ...
16 Jan, 2014
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What Are the Different Types of Primary Elections?
Primaries first began in the early twentieth century as a response to increasingly strong party control over elections. At the time, voters wanted a larger say in who would be chosen as their candidat ...
16 Jan, 2014
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A Brief History of Unemployment Insurance
The Unemployment Insurance program (UI) provides temporary weekly cash payments to people who are unemployed through no fault of their own. The cash payments are meant for unemployed persons to tempor ...
14 Jan, 2014
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What is the Difference between 527 and 501(c)(4) Organizations?
When election season rolls around, Americans are inundated with TV ads, brochures, and phone calls from controversial groups looking to affect a candidate’s campaign or shift the momentum of a piece o ...
15 Nov, 2013
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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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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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Top 25 Political Funders Include Home Depot and the City of New York
There is a lot of money in politics, from local, to state, to federal elections. But some groups give a lot more to candidates and committees than others. Data was collected from the Center for R ...
29 Oct, 2013
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Outdated Caucus System in Iowa Leaves Out 90% of Voters
The 2016 presidential election may be three years away, but Iowa is already abuzz with potential Republican candidates.As soon as the dust settled from Mitt Romney’s failed bid to unseat President Bar ...
09 Oct, 2013
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