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Texas Legislature Eliminates Straight-Ticket Voting
Texas Legislature Eliminates Straight-Ticket Voting
The Texas House approved a bill Saturday that eliminates straight-ticket voting, which allows voters to choose a party's entire slate of candidates in a single ballot marking. Texas will lik ...
22 May, 2017
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5 Things You Missed This Week In Nonpartisan Election News
5 Things You Missed This Week In Nonpartisan Election News
From the media blackout of a DNC lawsuit to open primaries to term limits and more, here are 5 things you may have missed in nonpartisan political and election news.1. Media Blackout of DNC ...
19 May, 2017
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4 min read
#DrainTheSwamp: Constitutional Amendment for Term Limits Introduced
#DrainTheSwamp: Constitutional Amendment for Term Limits Introduced
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bos5ImuK7SsU.S. Reps. Jodey Arrington (R-Texas) and Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) introduced a House Joint Resolution Thursday that proposes a constitutional amendment to impose ...
18 May, 2017
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1 min read
OPINION: Dear America, We Need to Talk About Texas -- It's Urgent
OPINION: Dear America, We Need to Talk About Texas -- It's Urgent
Have you heard? A radical, superstition-fueled insurgency has taken root in America. No, I'm not talking about ISIS or “creeping sharia.” I'm talking about Texas — a state which seems to pride it ...
17 May, 2017
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6 min read
WATCH: Texas Inhibits Ballot Access by Penalizing Voters
WATCH: Texas Inhibits Ballot Access by Penalizing Voters
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgzD29z2wHU&feature=youtu.beIn a video produced by Texans for Voter Choice, Linda Curtis of Independent Texans PAC discusses a unique rule in Texas that limits thir ...
12 May, 2017
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1 min read
Fixing America’s Presidential Elections in Just Two Steps (Part 2)
Fixing America’s Presidential Elections in Just Two Steps (Part 2)
Recording Votes: Fixing the Electoral CollegeOur Electoral College (EC) is out of date. Powerful coalitions exist to push for its effective abolishment and a switch to a popular vote, but the support ...
12 May, 2017
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11 min read
ACLU: Don't Mess With Texas
ACLU: Don't Mess With Texas
In an extraordinary move, the ACLU, a non-profit, has issued a “travel warning” for the state of Texas. The image, created by the ACLU, warns that authorities could engage in among other things, “ille ...
09 May, 2017
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Ron Paul Unleashed: Former Candidate Excoriates Trump and Congress On One Issue After Another
Ron Paul Unleashed: Former Candidate Excoriates Trump and Congress On One Issue After Another
Dr. Ron Paul, who served 12 terms in the US Congress and became famous when he ran on a libertarian platform for the Republican presidential nomination in 2008, has been on a rampage this Spring, exco ...
05 May, 2017
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7 min read
Congress Effectively Legalizes Medical Marijuana at the Federal Level
Congress Effectively Legalizes Medical Marijuana at the Federal Level
Last week, Congress avoided a government shutdown by agreeing to a continuing resolution to keep the federal government funded for another week.Then over the weekend, US lawmakers agreed to a deal tha ...
04 May, 2017
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3 min read
Obama Era Propaganda Program to Expand According to Comey Testimony
Obama Era Propaganda Program to Expand According to Comey Testimony
At the Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Wednesday, FBI Director James Comey said a number of curious things, but one comment in particular stood out. When asked about Russian influence in the ...
03 May, 2017
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