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Media Picks Up New Jersey Lawsuit Challenging Partisan Primaries
On March 5, 2014, the coalition EndPartisanship.org filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court in Newark, New Jersey, challenging the constitutionality of partisan primaries. The suit argues that ever ...
21 Mar, 2014
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Bridging the Gender Gap: 4 States Have Yet to Send a Woman to Congress
With International Women’s Day this past weekend, across the world there were displays of support for women. In Montevideo, Uruguay, the government dedicated a stamp to Luisa Cuesta, who has fought fo ...
11 Mar, 2014
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Lawsuit Filed in NJ Federal Court Challenges Constitutionality of Partisan Primary Elections
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1zRfXkOmPI(Newark, NJ) -- The EndPartisanship.org coalition today filed suit in the U.S. District Court in Newark, New Jersey demanding that every voter should have an ...
05 Mar, 2014
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End Partisanship Featured on Free Talk Live
On Wednesday, Chad Peace, representing " rel="noopener noreferrer">EndPartisanship.org, was interviewed on the Edgington Post, hosted by Mark Edge for Free Talk Live. Peace discusses the organization' ...
27 Feb, 2014
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Congressman Rush Holt's Retirement Sparks Fierce Primary in New Jersey
Year after year, his campaign slogan read, “my Congressman IS a rocket scientist.” A nuclear physicist and former college professor, Rush Holt, the eight-term congressman from New Jersey’s 12th Distri ...
25 Feb, 2014
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NJ Voters Spend $100 Million on Elections They Can't Participate In
Public funding of political party activities is certainly not a new concept in the United States. In fact, the idea was floated as early as 1907 by President Theodore Roosevelt. However, electoral sys ...
20 Feb, 2014
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Election Commission vs. Public Schools: Balancing Public Safety and Voter Accessibility
With the November general election a few months away and several primary and special elections ahead, the Presidential Commission on Election Administration released a report in January outlining seve ...
19 Feb, 2014
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A More Inclusive Presidential Primary Would Motivate Voters to Participate
It seems that in every cycle there is debate about which states should hold the first presidential primary elections. Some state always seems to try to jump ahead of Iowa and New Hampshire. Since 1972 ...
13 Feb, 2014
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Murray Sabrin: Time is Ripe for Libertarian Movement in New Jersey
Last year, former Newark Mayor Cory Booker was elected to the United States Senate following a special election that pitted the Twitter superstar -- among the most recognizable politicians in the stat ...
05 Feb, 2014
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These PhilosoRandPaul Memes Showcase Rand Paul's Views
Senator Rand Paul's avid libertarian supporters view him as a philosopher statesman with a robust and nuanced understanding of government. His more progressive critics argue that Paul is an old fossil ...
23 Jan, 2014
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