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IVN Weekly Update: Party Conventions and a Growing Platform
IVN Weekly Update: Party Conventions and a Growing Platform
This Week's Theme: Party ConventionsFor the next two weeks, Independent Voter Network will be covering the two main presidential conventions, their messages and implications for the parties.  ...
27 Aug, 2012
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Constitution Party's Virgil Goode Off Pennsylvania Ballot
Constitution Party's Virgil Goode Off Pennsylvania Ballot
(Photo: zazzle.comThird party candidates have had a notoriously difficult road in America. Many supporters of former New Mexico governor Gary Johnson have objected to the black out treatment their ma ...
26 Aug, 2012
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The Road to 270 Electoral Votes in 2012
The Road to 270 Electoral Votes in 2012
Credit: realclearpolitics.comThe presidential race is won by obtaining 270 of the 538 votes in the Electoral College. President Barack Obama and Republican candidate Mitt Romney are campaigning relen ...
24 Aug, 2012
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Pennsylvania Drops Plans for Online Voter Registration
Pennsylvania Drops Plans for Online Voter Registration
Photo: sfcitizen.comThe Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, expected to be an important swing state in 2012, has made headlines all week for a controversial voter ID law backed by the state's Republicans. ...
18 Aug, 2012
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Voter ID Law May Yet Fail in Pennsylvania
Voter ID Law May Yet Fail in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Democrats Voter Guide Credit: padems.comThe victory dance by some this week when Pennsylvania’s controversial voter ID law survived its first court test may prove premature, since the la ...
18 Aug, 2012
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Appeal for Pennsylvania Voter ID Law Short on Time
Appeal for Pennsylvania Voter ID Law Short on Time
Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court Judge Robert Simpson upheld the state's contested Voter ID law this week.Republican backers of Pennsylvania’s Voter ID Law are claiming victory in a court battle over ...
17 Aug, 2012
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Voter ID Ruling Outsmarts the Law, For Now
Voter ID Ruling Outsmarts the Law, For Now
Credit: csmonitor.comAcross the media, the headlines got it wrong when they claimed “Judge Upholds Voter ID Law in Pennsylvania,” or some variation of that assertion.Even though it took Commonwealth ...
17 Aug, 2012
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Top 5 Politicians on Pinterest
Top 5 Politicians on Pinterest
As the fastest growing social network ever, Pinterest has positioned itself nicely to become the next "big thing" in political campaigning, with candidates finally recognizing the easy-to-use nature o ...
16 Aug, 2012
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Judge Upholds Hotly Contested Voter ID Laws in Pennsylvania
Judge Upholds Hotly Contested Voter ID Laws in Pennsylvania
Todd Wiseman / Texas TribuneIt is election year in America. This means that voters and potential voters are deluged with all the muck PACs and action groups can dig up. The parties scramble to manage ...
16 Aug, 2012
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Presidential Campaign Ads of 2012: The Score So Far
Presidential Campaign Ads of 2012: The Score So Far
Another week of the presidential campaign cycle, another wave of campaign ads hitting airwaves. The media teams of Obama for America and Romney for President have traded barbs all summer long, with no ...
10 Aug, 2012
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