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Virginia Voters Overwhelmingly Approve Amendment to End Partisan Gerrymandering
Virginia Voters Overwhelmingly Approve Amendment to End Partisan Gerrymandering
Virginia became the first state in the South to approve a bipartisan redistricting commission to end the practice of partisan gerrymandering Tuesday after 66% of voters approved Amendment 1. The refor ...
04 Nov, 2020
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Counties, Cops Making Sure You’re Safe at the Polls
Counties, Cops Making Sure You’re Safe at the Polls
Election officials in California say they aren’t expecting voter intimidation at polling places, but they’re coordinating with sheriffs and police chiefs in case someone with a badge needs to step in ...
02 Nov, 2020
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5 min read
The 10 Most Important Better Elections Proposals to be Decided This Election
The 10 Most Important Better Elections Proposals to be Decided This Election
Editor's Note: This article originally appeared in The Fulcrum and has been republished on IVN with permission from the publisher.‍It's often hard to see, but much more is at stake Tuesday than the pr ...
29 Oct, 2020
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12 min read
Early Voting Trends Show Dems Falling Short in 3 out of 4 Battleground States
Early Voting Trends Show Dems Falling Short in 3 out of 4 Battleground States
Editor's Note: This opinion piece originally appeared in The Hill, and has been republished on IVN with permission from the author.‍Polling indicates Joe Biden and the Democrats will win big. How ...
29 Oct, 2020
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4 min read
OPINION: Forget Court Packing; We Need to Talk About Limiting Judicial Review
OPINION: Forget Court Packing; We Need to Talk About Limiting Judicial Review
Joe Biden, if he wins the presidency, has promised to create a bipartisan commission to recommend changes to the “out of whack” American court system. The commission’s prime focus will almost certainl ...
28 Oct, 2020
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8 min read
OPINION: Forget Court Packing; We Need to Talk About Limiting Judicial Review
OPINION: Forget Court Packing; We Need to Talk About Limiting Judicial Review
Judicial review does not appear in the Constitution. As former Justice Antonin Scalia admitted, “The Constitution of the United States nowhere says that the Supreme Court shall be the last word on what the Constitution means…"
28 Oct, 2020
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8 min read
What’s Even Scarier Than SeaWorld’s Spooktacular? A San Diego Without the Marine Park
What’s Even Scarier Than SeaWorld’s Spooktacular? A San Diego Without the Marine Park
Her son’s third birthday party and his preschool field trip, those are the SeaWorld memories Anna M. holds dear. As a season passholder, she gushed about how fortunate children in San Diego are to get ...
28 Oct, 2020
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7 min read
Who’s Really Behind the Fight for Better Elections?
Who’s Really Behind the Fight for Better Elections?
The democracy reform movement is having a moment right now. There are campaigns all across the country fighting gerrymandering, corruption, voter suppression, and plurality voting.Because of this, we ...
27 Oct, 2020
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4 min read
Will Republicans Decide the Dem vs. Dem Mayor's Race?
Will Republicans Decide the Dem vs. Dem Mayor's Race?
With two Democrats running for mayor of San Diego, Republican voters will likely decide who will be our next Mayor… If they decide to vote.As The San Diego Union-Tribune reported earlier this month, t ...
26 Oct, 2020
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4 min read
How VotePact Gives You Leverage Over the Duopoly
How VotePact Gives You Leverage Over the Duopoly
VotePact is a voting strategy that advocates that people vote for their actual preferences by pairing up with someone on the other side of the Democratic-Republican divide. So people can strategically ...
26 Oct, 2020
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4 min read