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Un Llamado a California: Voten por el Candidato, No Por el Partido
Como republicano, anterior representante del 25avo Distrito Congresional de California (1993-2015), y Presidente del Comité de las Fuerzas Armadas del Congreso, fui testigo de primera mano de la ética ...
19 Oct, 2016
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Tired of Political Status Quo, Two-Party Duopoly Fuels Voter Apathy
The 2016 Presidential election has been dubbed by many as a choice between “the lesser of two evils” and many voters are so disenchanted with the entire process that they are threatening to sit out th ...
27 Sep, 2016
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Party Leaders to Defectors: Vote How We Tell You, Or Else...
RNC Chair Reince Priebus is going all in on Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and he wants to make sure any Republican with ambitions of a political future does as well. Making an appearanc ...
20 Sep, 2016
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Georgia's Costly, Low Turnout Runoffs Can Be a Thing of the Past
Georgia voters returned to the polls on July 26 for a round of primary runoffs, where they were asked to choose between the top two vote-getters in any primary race where no candidate won a majority o ...
14 Sep, 2016
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Lawmakers on Both Sides of the Aisle Join Together to Pass JASTA, Face Veto
The House of Representatives last week voted to pass legislation allowing victims of terrorism greater ability to sue foreign government officials.Called the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act ...
12 Sep, 2016
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Will E-Voting via Smartphone Promote Greater Election Participation?
With smartphone ownership being so common in the U.S., the questions surrounding electronic voting are becoming increasingly important. 39 percent of likely voters surveyed by Consumer Reports said th ...
09 Sep, 2016
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Just How Deep Is The GOP Divide over Trump?
It goes without saying that the Republican Party’s nomination of Donald Trump, a high-profile businessman with no experience holding elected office, for the presidency has been the most discussed deve ...
08 Sep, 2016
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A Spot on the Ballot: Alternative Candidates, the Supreme Court, and the Long Fight for Inclusive Elections (Part 2 of 2)
This article is Part 2 in a two-part series reviewing Supreme Court ballot access decisions and the effects of the Court's precedents on independent and third party candidates. You can read Part ...
07 Sep, 2016
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How The Growth of Social Media Politics is Really Silencing Millions
American elections have come a long way since Dwight D. Eisenhower bought the first television advertising spots ever used for political campaigning in history, employing 20 and 60-second spots to con ...
25 Aug, 2016
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Ballot Access Blues: Controversial Cases From the 2016 Election Cycle
As with past election cycles, third party and independent candidates – as well as initiatives aimed at reducing the power of the two major parties – are struggling to achieve access to ...
19 Aug, 2016
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10 min read