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The first round of the Republican primary debates will be held Thursday night at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. The field of Republican presidential candidates stands at 17, but only 10 will ...

California's existing election system for Congress and state office could be improved with the following ideas.The problem with the status quo is that ever since it went into effect in 2011, there has ...

One of the more anticipated campaigns for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination has seemingly dropped from the national conversation and is struggling to raise money.Called "The Most Intere ...

Florida's Supreme Court struck down much of the state's congressional districting map on July 9, ordering the redrawing of what it termed "constitutionally invalid" districts in 2 of the 27 distr ...

He won't likely get much attention from the mainstream media, but one-term U.S. senator and former Navy secretary Jim Webb launched his presidential campaign on Thursday. Webb made the announcement on ...

On Monday, the Supreme Court of the United States upheld the constitutionality of independent redistricting commissions to redraw electoral districts. The ruling was a major victory for voters, b ...

Since the movement launched in 2006, National Popular Vote has made significant progress to reform the way Americans elect their president.The group's plan involves a state-by-state approach. States t ...

On Friday, June 12, Tyler Harber was sentenced to serve two years in prison, making him the first person to be convicted and jailed for unlawfully coordinating activities between a supe ...

U.S. Representative Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) is trying to set the record straight about Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) -- the so called "fast-track" for authorizing the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). ...

Kentucky U.S. Senator Rand Paul announced on his Facebook page and Twitter account that he has taken the Senate floor to begin his filibuster of renewing the PATRIOT Act, specifically provisions in Se ...