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After SCOTUS Victory, Voters in Arizona Want Nonpartisan Primaries Next
Arizona Public Media reported last week that former Phoenix Mayor Paul Johnson is once again leading an effort to implement a top-two primary in Arizona similar to the electoral systems in California ...
SCOTUS: Ultimate Political Power Resides with The People
On Monday, the Supreme Court of the United States upheld the use of an independent redistricting commission to decide how electoral districts are drawn in Arizona. The 5-4 decision validated the citi...
2016 Will Make the Strongest Case for Publicly Funded Elections
The 2012 presidential election was certainly the most expensive in American history. President Obama's re-election effort cost $1.1 billion, including nearly $700 million spent directly by his ca...
Apaches Fight Back after Congress Gives Sacred Land to Foreign Company
In December 2014, President Obama signed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), passed by Congress to provide the budget and appropriations to sustain the Department of Defense. Tucked into th...
Find The Good and Praise It: Highlighting Nonpartisan Organizations That Put Voters ahead of Parties
Denver, Colo. -- Across the country, independent/nonpartisan organizations committed to fundamental political reform and equal rights for every voter are hard at work fighting the good fight on a wide...
Opinion: You Shouldn't Have To Join A Party to Vote in Primaries
We do not get our right to vote because we are white, black, gay, straight, male, female, conservative, liberal, a member of a private organization or any other criteria other than what makes us Ameri...
Cancer Charities Con Victims out of $187 Million, Government Says
When people give money to a charity, they give it with the hope that their donation will go toward whatever cause the charity represents, whether it be cancer research, global health care and/or ...
Welcome to Georgia: One of the Least Politically Competitive States in the Nation
This week, the Washington Post published an analysis of Georgia's gerrymandering problem. Gerrymandering is the practice of manipulating electoral boundaries to favor one political party or dilut...
10 Ways Political Parties Control Your Vote
1. States Send Delegates to the Electoral College that Represent Parties, Not PeopleWhen envisioning the electoral college, the goal of the Founding Fathers was to send electors who were “free from an...
Proposed N.C. Abortion Restrictions Reduce Women's Safety, Opponents Say
NORTH CAROLINA -- Recently proposed bills in the North Carolina House and Senate aim to tighten restrictions on abortion.A key point in House Bill 465 would extend waiting periods between when women c...