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It's Official: Maine Makes History Again with Ranked Choice Voting
Maine is now officially the first state to adopt ranked choice voting (RCV) for presidential elections. LD 1083, Maine Senate President Troy Jackson's bill that expands RCV's use, will become law in J ...
06 Sep, 2019
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It's Official: Maine Makes History Again with Ranked Choice Voting
Maine is now officially the first state to adopt ranked choice voting for presidential elections.
06 Sep, 2019
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2 min read
4 Important Take Aways from the IVN 2020 Presidential Survey
Last week, we asked the IVN Facebook audience to tell us who they would be willing to support in the 2020 presidential election. The survey, which represents the views individual members of our a ...
04 Sep, 2019
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6 min read
Giving Millions of Citizens A Better Way To Vote
New York City voters could soon adopt a fairer, more empowering, and more representative voting method in November, while other states look to join Maine in making history with ranked choice voting in ...
04 Sep, 2019
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1 min read
Ranked Choice Voting for Presidential Elections Headed to Maine Governor's Desk
AUGUSTA, MAINE - Ranked choice voting for the 2020 presidential primary and to determine Electoral College votes is on its way to the desk of Maine Governor Janet Mills. The State Senate passed the ra ...
26 Aug, 2019
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1 min read
OPINION: Corporate Citizenship Starts with not Undermining Our Democracy
When a Facebook post launched a mass movement to stop self-serving legislators from drawing their own districts in Michigan in 2018, organizers knew they would face stiff opposition from incumbents be ...
26 Aug, 2019
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3 min read
6 Big Fights Against Voter Suppression That Neither Party Wants You To Know About
There is one important truth about the state of US politics, and that is an increasing number of Americans understand that the system is rigged to put the interests of two private political parties an ...
21 Aug, 2019
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15 min read
Mass. Voters May Get Ranked Choice Voting on the 2020 Ballot
Voter Choice Massachusetts is proposing a ballot initiative to implement ranked choice voting statewide. The group has filed language with the state attorney general ahead of Wednesday's deadline.Inde ...
09 Aug, 2019
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1 min read
Dem Rep Says His Party Needs Someone Authentic in 2020; Not An Ideologue
The recent Democratic debates were cast by the media as an internal party struggle between progressives and moderates. Yet, in a recent interview with Newsy, Michigan US Rep. Dan Kildee (Flint) s ...
05 Aug, 2019
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2 min read
It’s a Big Deal that Republicans Don’t Plan To Hold Debates
As the Nation prepares to watch the second set of Democratic presidential debates, we should be asking ourselves a question: What about the Republicans? Shouldn’t it be a big deal that the Republican ...
25 Jul, 2019
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6 min read