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California Rust Belt? Contraction of Sacramento Valley
Credit: commons.wikimedia.orgShock waves reverberated through Sacramento with the recently announced closure of a Comcast call center and an iconic Campbell’s Soup plant that has employed lower middl ...
05 Oct, 2012
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Naturalized Voter Initiatives Sweep the US
(Credit: BostonGlobe.com)Naturalized citizens are quickly becoming a major demographic in the upcoming election. This is largely thanks to thousands of initiatives nationwide that encourage eli ...
29 Sep, 2012
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Florida Early Voting Law Challenged In Court
Photo: American Civil Liberties UnionRep. Corrine Brown is attempting to block a Florida early voting law which reduced the number of days available for early voting in the state from fourteen t ...
20 Sep, 2012
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DEA Officials Oppose Three 2012 State Marijuana Initiatives
Credit: bangstyle.comIn just over seven weeks, voters will decide the fate of the three 2012 state marijuana initiatives to legalize possession and use of the plant for adults in Colorado, Oregon, an ...
19 Sep, 2012
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Australia's Internet Voting System
Australia has recently used an Internet voting system as a means to allow interstate, disabled, and overseas voters to participate in elections. The program is similar to that we are familiar with in ...
12 Sep, 2012
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Rocky Anderson's Fight For Ballot Access
Credit: voterocky.orgAs Romney and Obama march toward November, all eyes are focused on the two parties and their battle for the White House. Many Americans are unaware of the struggle of third-party ...
10 Sep, 2012
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Rocky Anderson Gains Multi-Party Support
Credit: Tom Smart / Deseret NewsPresidential candidate Rocky Anderson has gained support across party lines in several states across the country. He is currently on the November ballot in severa ...
09 Sep, 2012
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Pennsylvania Drops Plans for Online Voter Registration
Photo: sfcitizen.comThe Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, expected to be an important swing state in 2012, has made headlines all week for a controversial voter ID law backed by the state's Republicans. ...
18 Aug, 2012
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LGBT Community Puts Economic Pressure on Political Opponents
Photo: Houston ChronicleSocial justice has been a perennial topic of discussion in the United States from the progressive reforms of the Gilded Age to the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s. Today, t ...
14 Aug, 2012
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Seven Creative Solutions to the National Debt Crisis
, which is a government sponsored enterprise created by an act of Congress. The Fed even returns any profits from its activities to the US Treasury anyways. Its assets are assets of the federal gover ...
09 Aug, 2012
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