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Justin Amash Claims Documents Were Withheld on NSA Programs
(Credit: Gage Skidmore)Not more than two weeks after he tried to defund the National Security Agency's (NSA) surveillance programs of Americans, US Rep. Justin Amash claims documents were withheld by ...
13 Aug, 2013
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Cory Booker's 'Unbeatable Lead' Due To Closed New Jersey Primaries
Credit: Vice.com A Quinnipiac poll shows Newark Mayor Cory Booker leading the New Jersey Senate race with 54 percent of likely Democratic voters. Booker is well ahead of Republican front-runner ...
08 Aug, 2013
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Wisconsin Bill Proposes Less Campaign Disclosure, Limits Transparency
Wisconsin state Senator Glenn GrothmanWhen evidence surfaced last month in New Jersey that one of the most influential engineering firms in the state, Birdsall, had been making questionable campaign ...
06 Aug, 2013
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Beyond The Headlines: The Week of July 30, 2013
Dear IVN Readers,While other outlets recycle the same old stories, IVN is proud to bring you important stories that aren’t covered anywhere else: like voter suppression in New Jersey, a revolutio ...
30 Jul, 2013
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Low Voter Turnout Reveals Voter Suppression in New Jersey Primaries
When New Jersey Governor Chris Christie decided to hold the New Jersey special election apart from the previously scheduled November election, he received widespread criticism. Voters and pundits alik ...
30 Jul, 2013
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Senate Candidate Lonegan Continues Anti-NSA Crusade
Like many New Jersey residents, former Bogota Mayor Steve Lonegan appreciates his right to privacy. Until recently, that he would be the only person allowed to access his own e-mails, phone calls, and ...
25 Jul, 2013
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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 ...
24 Jul, 2013
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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 ...
23 Jul, 2013
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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 ...
19 Jul, 2013
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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 ...
18 Jul, 2013
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