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Report: 65% of Utah Voters Want Independent Redistricting Commission
According to UtahPolicy.com, voters no longer want state legislators drawing state and congressional electoral districts. Instead, the majority of Utahns want an independent redistricting commission r ...
30 Jul, 2015
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Florida Group Files Nonpartisan Election Reform for 2016 Ballot
The fastest growing segment of voters in Florida are increasingly choosing no party affiliation. These independent voters might soon have the opportunity to vote for a nonpartisan, open primary s ...
22 Jul, 2015
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Voters Think Pot is Safer than Alcohol, But Who Will Legalize It Next?
While a majority of Americans - 52 percent - now favor weed legalization, the federal government has done very little to act on the changing views of the nation. Many states, however, have taken matte ...
21 Jul, 2015
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Supreme Court Breathes New Life into Efforts to End Partisan Gerrymandering in Illinois
The movement to reform Illinois redistricting has faced numerous hurdles in recent years, but may be getting new life. One of those movements came in 2014 when the amendment of a group called Yes ...
20 Jul, 2015
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How State, Federal Courts Are Working to End Partisan Gerrymandering
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 ...
13 Jul, 2015
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Independent Voter Project: Courts Are Moving in Right Direction on Voting Rights
On Thursday, July 9, 2015, the Florida Supreme Court discarded parts of Florida’s congressional district maps, saying that state legislators had violated a provision of the Florida constitution prohib ...
11 Jul, 2015
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#ICYMI: A Roundup of Nonpartisan Voting Rights News - July 10, 2015
Hey there. Here’s my latest offering and take on a number of items related to nonpartisan issues and voter reform efforts from around the nation. From the Supreme Court ruling on redistricting commiss ...
10 Jul, 2015
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Voter Education is First Step to Ending Party Control over Elections
A recent conference at the USC Jesse M. Unruh Institute of Politics hosted by the school's director, Dan Schnur, in collaboration with Hispanas Organized for Political Equality (HOPE) Leadership Insti ...
10 Jul, 2015
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Calif. Voters Had A Big Week... But There Is Still More Work to be Done
CALIFORNIA -- Last week turned out to be a good one for California political reform and direct democracy.Early in the week, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on an Arizona case that upheld the constitution ...
09 Jul, 2015
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High Court Affirms Government Belongs to the People, Not Parties
This week, the Supreme Court rejected a challenge by the Arizona legislature, which was seeking to invalidate an Independent Redistricting Commission established by Arizonans through the initiative an ...
08 Jul, 2015
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