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A romanticized view of a past that never happened the way we thought is one of the greatest disservices to a functioning modern republic.It gives us the impression that everything the demi-gods o ...

California is a leader in clean energy innovation. But energy innovation does not come without a cost.The simplistic discussion about energy policy at the national level usually comes down to this: yo ...

There's a lot that American voters may be divided over, but there's one issue that hopefully we can all get together on and embrace a nonpartisan, obvious, and sane position. Demonstrators who have be ...

Fear mongering media outlets have convinced many that we are losing the war on terror at home. The truth is, however, that we are doing quite well.According to the October Terror Threat Snap ...

I've written many times on the Electoral College. While there are problems we should address, I'm not for the wholesale elimination of the concept.I'll admit, I'm a center-left, cross-ballot voter. Th ...

You may be asking how the Libertarian Party could have won the 2016 election with no seats in Congress and with its presidential candidate finishing in a very, very distant third place behind the Demo ...

Everyone has heard the grade school story of why we have elections on the first Tuesday in November. It was after harvest time, market days were on Wednesday, and people didn't want to have to travel ...

Raise your hand if you think that the president of the United States should be elected by the popular vote. Ah, it looks like most of you do. Hands down and know that you’re not alone.In fact, poll af ...

As the general election nears, FairVote will discuss problems with our election system and electoral solutions offered by ranked choice voting.In a previous blog post, we discussed the problems that c ...

Donald Trump said during Wednesday night’s debate that he couldn’t guarantee that he will accept the results of the November 8 election, but would have to “look at it at the time.” Trump has repeatedl ...