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Yes on 52: Protecting a Successful Health Care Partnership
Yes on 52: Protecting a Successful Health Care Partnership
In an election year marked by division and conflict, from the presidential to the local level, it’s all the more remarkable that California has one statewide ballot measure that enjoys support from a ...
16 Sep, 2016
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Why the Voter Rebellion is Alive and Being Led ... by South Dakota!
Why the Voter Rebellion is Alive and Being Led ... by South Dakota!
While no longer operative in the presidential election, the voter rebellion witnessed during the primaries is alive and well. South Dakota is now the epicenter, where Amendment V for Nonpartisan Elect ...
06 Sep, 2016
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The Transpartisan, Grassroots Movement to Overturn Citizens United is Gaining Serious Momentum
The Transpartisan, Grassroots Movement to Overturn Citizens United is Gaining Serious Momentum
In recent years, there have been several top-down attempts to overturn the Supreme Court's decision in Citizens United. That decision, made in 2010, birthed legal entities known as super PAC ...
06 Sep, 2016
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5 min read
Green Party Ballot Access at Highest Levels in 2016
Green Party Ballot Access at Highest Levels in 2016
Green Party ballot access campaigns have had more success in 2016 than ever before, according to Rick Lass, Ballot Access Coordinator for the Jill Stein campaign.You can check out the Greens' infograp ...
02 Sep, 2016
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Better for America Ends Campaign Recruitment; Continues Fight to Improve Ballot Access
Better for America Ends Campaign Recruitment; Continues Fight to Improve Ballot Access
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Better For America was launched against the backdrop of the deeply divisive campaigns of the two most unpopular presidential candidates in modern history, and the widespread dissati ...
22 Aug, 2016
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Ballot Access Blues: Controversial Cases From the 2016 Election Cycle
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
Greg Orman: A Rigged Election Process Leads to Rigged Policies
Greg Orman: A Rigged Election Process Leads to Rigged Policies
Last week marked the end of the presidential primary season. After 18 months of speeches and debates and millions of tweets, Facebook posts, and email blasts, it will go down in history as a pivotal m ...
04 Aug, 2016
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5 min read
Send 'Em All Home: How to Disrupt the Status Quo without Changing the Constitution
Send 'Em All Home: How to Disrupt the Status Quo without Changing the Constitution
In the aftermath of the Brexit, there’s a rising sense of imminent political change in the United States. The spectacular, disruptive insurgencies of Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump illuminated t ...
01 Aug, 2016
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Debriefing Democracy: Nonpartisan Movements In the Spotlight
Debriefing Democracy: Nonpartisan Movements In the Spotlight
A lot of people are working hard to fix our broken system. Problem is, most people don’t know just how many important efforts are making strides because the media doesn’t spend much time talking about ...
28 Jul, 2016
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8 min read
Gary Johnson: Bernie Bit the Cronies, and They Bit Back
Gary Johnson: Bernie Bit the Cronies, and They Bit Back
From a built-in cushion of immovable, unelected “Super Delegates” to debates scheduled when no one was watching to the now clearly-documented collusion between the Democratic National Committee and th ...
26 Jul, 2016
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