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CA Mail-in Bill Allows Ballots to be Received Up to 17 Days after Election
CA Mail-in Bill Allows Ballots to be Received Up to 17 Days after Election
Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill into law Thursday that requires election administrators to mail ballots to all registered voters across the state. The bill ensures all voters have the option to vo ...
22 Jun, 2020
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It's Time to Break the 'Fixed' Two-Party Duopoly
It's Time to Break the 'Fixed' Two-Party Duopoly
‍"Most Americans believe our political system is a public institution that follows a set of detailed, impartial principles, structures and practices derived from the Constitution… It isn’t.” - Katheri ...
11 Jun, 2020
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New Study Says Nonpartisan Primaries 'Most Likely' to  Disrupt Political Monopoly in Baltimore
New Study Says Nonpartisan Primaries 'Most Likely' to Disrupt Political Monopoly in Baltimore
Baltimore is a one-party city, so much so that it hasn't had a Republican mayor since 1967. Registered Democrats vastly outnumber any other party registration, having a tenfold advantage over the Repu ...
08 Jun, 2020
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3 min read
Beware The Harvest: What Tops the 6 Downsides of an All-Mail Election
Beware The Harvest: What Tops the 6 Downsides of an All-Mail Election
This article first appeared on The Fulcrum.DeVore, a Republican state legislator in California from 2004 through 2010, is vice president for national initiatives at the Texas Public Policy Foundation, ...
08 Jun, 2020
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5 min read
June's 'Super Tuesday' Proves Vote-at-Home Works, Advocates Say
June's 'Super Tuesday' Proves Vote-at-Home Works, Advocates Say
In the midst of social turmoil and civil unrest, on top of an ongoing pandemic, the news didn’t spare much time to talk about 9 primary elections held Tuesday -- primaries that, according to vote at h ...
03 Jun, 2020
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GOP Sues to Stop California's Plan For an All-By-Mail General Election
GOP Sues to Stop California's Plan For an All-By-Mail General Election
This article was first published on The FulcrumThe GOP has sued to prevent the effort to conduct the November election almost entirely by mail in the nation's most populous state as a way to limit the ...
27 May, 2020
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New Book: The Need for Political Innovation Greater Now Than before Pandemic
New Book: The Need for Political Innovation Greater Now Than before Pandemic
Many are aware by now that US Rep. Justin Amash has decided not to run for president -- citing the cumbersome realities the current political system presents to candidates outside the two major partie ...
21 May, 2020
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Federal Appeals Court Temporarily Blocks Voting-By-Mail Expansion in Texas
Federal Appeals Court Temporarily Blocks Voting-By-Mail Expansion in Texas
This article was first published on The Fulcrumupdate: A federal appeals court has temporarily put on hold a lower court’s sweeping ruling that would have allowed all Texas voters to qualify to vote b ...
21 May, 2020
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Sporting Events Without Spectators, Hair Salons To Re-open As Early As June
Sporting Events Without Spectators, Hair Salons To Re-open As Early As June
This article first appeared on California Globe‍A June Phase 3 reopeningThe re-openings would be contingent on COVID-19 coronavirus transmission rates continuing to either hold steady or fall in the c ...
19 May, 2020
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Voter Empowerment and Greater Competition: The Impact of CA's Top-Two Primary
Voter Empowerment and Greater Competition: The Impact of CA's Top-Two Primary
There is one indisputable truth about California’s nonpartisan, top-two open primary: It has completely shaken up the political landscape in the Golden State.Leading top-two researchers Christian Gros ...
14 May, 2020
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