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Pennsylvania Independents Demand Equal Access to Elections
"Today, I and many other citizens of Pennsylvania will be denied the right to vote," independent Pennsylvania voter Tom Stack wrote in a letter to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. "It is not because we ar ...
20 May, 2014
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Bipartisanship: Democratic and Republican Lawyers Work Together to Restrict Voting Rights
Idaho attorney Gary Allen clearly recalls how he was received by state legislators when a federal district judge ruled that the state’s open primary system was unconstitutional.“I stood in front of th ...
15 May, 2014
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NJ Attorney General: 2.6 Million NJ Voters Have No Right to Vote in Primary
challenging the constitutionality of New Jersey's primary election system. Secretary of State Kim Guadagno argues that U.S. citizens in New Jersey do not have a right to vote in primary elections, bu ...
12 May, 2014
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Why Chief Justice Roberts Is Right and Why It Matters
“There is no right in our democracy more basic than the right to participate in electing our political leaders.” - Chief Justice John Robert, McCutcheon v. FECSince the Supreme Court handed down its d ...
04 Apr, 2014
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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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