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We Need to Avoid a Managed Democracy — An Election Where the Incumbent Never Loses
This is an independent opinion. Have one of your own? Write it! Email it to hoa@ivn.usThe New York Times ran a story recently about Marina Udgodskaya, a cleaning woman who ran for office against her b ...
28 Oct, 2020
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Who Should Run the Presidential Debates?
The presidential debates have come to an end, but the debate over who should run these important events in a presidential election cycle continues.There is no question that the Commission on President ...
27 Oct, 2020
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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
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
4 Questions for Barbara Bry, Todd Gloria as Mayoral Foes Start Final Sprint
Under overcast skies before 8 a.m. Saturday, volunteers queued up at the United Labor Center in Mission Valley to pick up Todd Gloria campaign literature and lawn signs. Also goody bags with snacks an ...
25 Oct, 2020
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Shutting Down The Two-Party Duopoly Is on the Ballot in 2020
On October 21, US billionaire businessman Mark Cuban tweeted that the duopoly he would shut down “in a nanosecond” if he could was the Republican and Democratic Parties, asserting that their anti-comp ...
23 Oct, 2020
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4 min read
Replacing Cash Bail: Fairer Justice or Robopocalypse?
California is either about to right decades of inequality between rich and poor defendants by eliminating cash bail, or it’s about to turn over its justice system to robots. The question of what to do ...
23 Oct, 2020
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5 min read
No More Half-Measures on Homelessness—Vote ‘Yes’ on Measure A
This is an independent opinion. Have one of your own? Email it to hoa@ivn.usMost San Diegans think homelessness is getting worse and they say the city is to blame. The coronavirus pandemic makes homel ...
23 Oct, 2020
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5 min read
10 (Tongue-in-Cheek) Tips for Surviving a Never-Ending Election Night 2020
This is an independent opinion. Have one of your own? Email it to hoa@ivn.usIn a country suffering from pandemic-induced time distortion, try to remember that national elections are held on the first ...
21 Oct, 2020
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6 min read
How Colorado Became the Nation's Model for Vote by Mail Elections
Editor's Note: This article originally appeared on The Fulcrum and has been republished on IVN with permission from the publisher. All across the country, the consistent theme of this presidentia ...
20 Oct, 2020
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