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Media Treats Romney as Top 2016 Contender after 60 People Said They'd Vote for Him
On Thursday, August 28, Politico reported on a new USA Today/Suffolk University poll that said 35 percent of likely GOP caucus voters would vote for Mitt Romney in 2016 if he was added to the field of ...
28 Aug, 2014
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NJ Judge Rules Only Republicans and Democrats are 'Qualified' to Vote
A New Jersey Federal District Court judge dismissed a lawsuit that challenged the constitutionality of New Jersey’s closed primary system.Currently, 2.6 million registered voters in New Jersey are pro ...
19 Aug, 2014
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NJ Plaintiffs to Attorney General: Voting Rights Are Nonpartisan
(Newark, N.J.) -- In July, New Jersey Attorney General John J. Hoffman filed a response in federal court on behalf of the state of New Jersey (including Governor Chris Christie and Secretary of State ...
13 Aug, 2014
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2014 Election Results: All of California's 2014 Same Party Races [UPDATED]
Winners in bold:House of Representatives: CD-4 Tom McClintock 60.1% v. Art Moore 39.9% in CD-4 (GOP) CD-17 Mike Honda 52.2% v. Ro Khanna 47.8% in CD-17 (DEM) CD-19 Zoe Lofgren 66.8% v.& ...
05 Aug, 2014
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Evidence Suggest No Correlation between Business Experience and Good Governing
How many times have we heard variations of the following soundbites from enterprising political candidates: “My business experience has prepared me to be an effective leader.” “Because of my business ...
05 Aug, 2014
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NJ Attorney General: If You Want a Meaningful Vote, Join a Party
(Newark, N.J.) — In May, New Jersey Secretary of State Kim Guadagno filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed to defend the individual voting rights of New Jersey voters, regardless of their party aff ...
29 Jul, 2014
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Does All-Mail Voting Have an Impact on Voter Turnout?
Three states -- Colorado, Oregon, and Washington state -- have all-mail voting systems in place, but if recent history is any guide, they will soon be joined by other states like California, Arizona, ...
25 Jul, 2014
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Eyes on the Prize: Rand Paul Expands Message Beyond GOP Ahead of 2016
An adage of former president Richard Nixon was to run to the right in primaries and move to the center in the general election. One of the more-discussed potential 2016 presidential candidates, U.S. S ...
21 Jul, 2014
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America's Welfare System Is Failing Those Most in Need
According to one comprehensive study, the national poverty rate was approximately 27 percent in 1967: without decades of welfare programs, that rate would have risen to 29 percent by 2011 rather than ...
16 Jul, 2014
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What Happens if the Highway Trust Fund Gets Too Low?
By the time Dwight David Eisenhower became president of the United States, he had already secured historical immortality as the supreme commander of the victorious Allied Forces in the Second World Wa ...
15 Jul, 2014
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