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48% Of New Jersey Voters Left Out of Multi-Million Dollar Primary
The primary election for New Jersey's vacant Senate seat is less than a month away. New Jersey is one of 19 states with a closed primary system. This requires that only voters affiliated with one spec...
Hawaii Democratic Party Wants to Limit Voter Participation in Elections
kshiota / shutterstock.comWhen the Democratic Party of Hawaii filed a lawsuit to challenge the state’s open primary election system, they argued that the system unconstitutionally restricted the part...
NJ Senate Candidate Voices Opposition to NSA Surveillance
Since whistleblower Edward Snowden released shocking revelations about a far-reaching national surveillance program, the issue of “Big Brother,” and exactly whom he is watching, has become a topic of ...
Does Money Buy Happiness?
Rule number one in effective communication is to establish the relevancy of the topic to the audience. Why should they care? How does it affect their quality of life?Truthful accounting might do just ...
Expensive NJ Primaries Result in Low Participation and Competition
spirit of america / shutterstock.comNew Jersey is holding two elections this year: the general elections for the state Legislature and the governorship and a special election to fill the U.S. Senate ...
New Jersey Fails to Pass Campaign Finance Reform to Increase Transparency
spirit of america / Shutterstock.comThe New Jersey Legislature goes on summer recess most years for all of July and August. In the weeks preceding this break, members of both houses increase their ac...
Can States Nullify The Affordable Care Act?
President Obama signs healthcare reform in 2010 // Credit: Reid.senate.govCan a state unilaterally suspend the operation of ObamaCare within its borders? Of course not. That measure would violate the...
Home Price Recovery Linked to Taxpayer Burden
In 2012, states with higher taxpayer burdens had a lower recovery in home prices.The American dream is to own a home, and it’s every American’s dream that the price of his/her home rises continually. ...
For SCOTUS Rulings on Gay Marriage, It Isn't Always Black and White
Credit: Wikimedia CommonsThe United States Supreme Court is expected to rule on the Defense of Marriage Act (Windsor v. United States) and California's Proposition 8 (Hollingsworth v. Perry) in the n...
More Independent Voters Means We Need To Reform Primary Elections
An IVN article revealed the top five states with the highest number of registered independent voters. Surprisingly, a majority of these states still have primary elections that disenfranchise thi...