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Courts Will Protect the Voting Rights of Party Members, But Why Not Independents?
Courts Will Protect the Voting Rights of Party Members, But Why Not Independents?
New York state cannot cancel the Democratic presidential primary, according to a ruling by a federal judge on Tuesday after top Democratic leaders tried to remove presidential candidates from the ...
08 May, 2020
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14 min read
Opinion: Justin Amash Is The Adult They Won't Let On The Debate Stage
Opinion: Justin Amash Is The Adult They Won't Let On The Debate Stage
U.S. Congressman Justin Amash speaking with attendees at the 2017 Young Americans for Liberty National Convention | Photo: Gage SkidmoreNo sooner than U.S. Congressman Justin Amash (I-MI) announced hi ...
06 May, 2020
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7 min read
Fresh lawsuits challenge vote-by-mail limits in four Southern states
Fresh lawsuits challenge vote-by-mail limits in four Southern states
This article was first published on The FulcrumUpdated Monday afternoon to describe four, not three, lawsuits.Expanding voters' access to absentee ballots across the South during the coronavirus pande ...
05 May, 2020
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4 min read
Real Clear Politics Op-Ed Falsely Claims 28 Million Mail-In Ballots Went Missing
Real Clear Politics Op-Ed Falsely Claims 28 Million Mail-In Ballots Went Missing
We very rarely take the time to refute or rebut specific articles that spew disinformation, but we must make an exception for a recent article that wrongfully accuses both election officials and posta ...
01 May, 2020
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2 min read
Amash's Candidacy Underscores Failures of the Two-Party System
Amash's Candidacy Underscores Failures of the Two-Party System
It came as no surprise that not long after US Rep. Justin Amash announced his Libertarian bid for president, both major parties took aim at him. Amash points out that there are “[millions] of Ame ...
29 Apr, 2020
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5 min read
Kentucky latest to expand mail voting in response to pandemic
Kentucky latest to expand mail voting in response to pandemic
Originally published on The Fulcrum.All Kentuckians will get the chance to vote by mail in the June 23 primary under a deal worked out between Gov. Andy Beshear, a Democrat, and Secretary of State Mic ...
28 Apr, 2020
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1 min read
The Biggest Stories You've Missed This Month to End the Two-Party Duopoly
The Biggest Stories You've Missed This Month to End the Two-Party Duopoly
The one silver lining pro-voter reformers see in the midst of these unprecedented and troubling times is that voters are now even more aware of the weaknesses in the US political and electoral process ...
23 Apr, 2020
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12 min read
Courts grant signature-gathering relief for politicians, but not for ballot measures
Courts grant signature-gathering relief for politicians, but not for ballot measures
When it comes to changing the rules for gathering signatures to get on the ballot during the coronavirus crisis, some states have been more lenient than others.In Massachusetts, a state court has loos ...
21 Apr, 2020
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3 min read
Why prosecuting senators for trading on Covid would be so tough
Why prosecuting senators for trading on Covid would be so tough
This story was originally published on The Conversation, and later re-published on The Fulcrum.Recent allegations regarding stock trading by members of Congress in the middle of the Covid-19 pandemic ...
20 Apr, 2020
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5 min read
New Study Concludes Neutral Partisan Effects of Vote at Home
New Study Concludes Neutral Partisan Effects of Vote at Home
Attacks have been made from both the right and the left about the viability of vote at home systems and their potential to advantage one party over the other. In the midst of a global pandemic that co ...
17 Apr, 2020
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4 min read