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Activism and the Commission on Presidential Debates
Credit: delawareonline.comRick Stewart is the activist behind Help the Commission on Presidential Debates. He has spent the past several months waging a campaign to petition the Commission on Preside ...
13 Sep, 2012
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Rocky Anderson's Fight For Ballot Access
Credit: voterocky.orgAs Romney and Obama march toward November, all eyes are focused on the two parties and their battle for the White House. Many Americans are unaware of the struggle of third-party ...
10 Sep, 2012
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Los Angeles Medical Marijuana Ban Adds Layer to Drug Policy
Credit: laist.comThe Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously in July to close medical marijuana dispensaries within the city. This attempt to enact a Los Angeles medical marijuana ban ad ...
10 Sep, 2012
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Mexican President Calderon Criticizes US Drug War Role
Credit: mexican-flag.orgMexican president Felipe Calderon criticized the United States as part of the problem in the country’s continuing war against drug cartels in his final report to the nation. C ...
07 Sep, 2012
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Texas Redistricting Maps and Voter ID Appealed
Some Texas lawmakers returned from the Republican National Convention after the state suffered a bad week in federal court. Texas was found in violation of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 n ...
03 Sep, 2012
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Texas Officials Look To Save Redistricting Maps, Voter ID
Some Texas lawmakers returned from the Republican National Convention after the state suffered a bad week in federal court. Texas was found in violation of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 n ...
03 Sep, 2012
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Federal Court Rules Against Texas Redistricting Maps
Credit: texastribune.comThe U.S. District Court in Washington tossed out Texas redistricting maps drawn by the 82nd Texas Legislature because they don’t comply with the Voting Rights Act of 1965 ...
29 Aug, 2012
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Delegate: RNC Rule Change Would Have Silenced Reagan in '76
In an interview Monday, Brian Dougherty, a Republican National Convention delegate from the Pennsylvania delegation told IVN that if the controversial RNC rule change advanced by the Romney camp at th ...
28 Aug, 2012
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Michele Bachmann Hurricane Quote Mixes Religion and Politics
(Photo: Thinkprogress.org)Rep. Michele Bachmann has always been vocal about her religion, but her recent comments have caused speculation within the political community. At a prayer rally on Sunday, ...
27 Aug, 2012
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Activist Delivers Comments to Presidential Debate Commission
Photo: Gage SkidmoreThe Commission on Presidential Debates, the private corporation established by Democrats and Republicans to organize and moderate the presidential debates, is currently being peti ...
22 Aug, 2012
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