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Ranked Choice Voting Campaign Smashes Signature Requirement to Get on 2020 Ballot
Ranked Choice Voting Campaign Smashes Signature Requirement to Get on 2020 Ballot
Voter Choice for Massachusetts 2020 (Voter Choice Mass) announced Wednesday that it has smashed the signature requirement to get ranked choice voting on the November ballot well ahead of the petition ...
27 May, 2020
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1 min read
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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12 min read
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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3 min read
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
When a Curve Is Not Necessarily a Curve
When a Curve Is Not Necessarily a Curve
This Opinion first appeared on California GlobeBy Sen. John M.W. Moorlach and Craig KeshishianMaybe Benjamin Franklin was right.  In a 1755 letter to the Pennsylvania Assembly, he said, “Those wh ...
06 May, 2020
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California Lockdown Protesters Send Loud Message to Gov. Newsom: ‘The Decision to Re-Open the State is Ours’
California Lockdown Protesters Send Loud Message to Gov. Newsom: ‘The Decision to Re-Open the State is Ours’
This Story First Appeared on California GlobeThe recovery rate of the coronavirus remains at 98%. Flattening the curve is already behind us, so why is the state still on lockdown? California hospitals ...
30 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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California’s Economy Will Not Reopen Soon Gov Newsom Says
California’s Economy Will Not Reopen Soon Gov Newsom Says
Originally published on California Globe.On Wednesday, Governor Gavin Newsom confirmed that the state currently has no plans to reopen the state or end stay-at-home restrictions as the COVID-19 corona ...
23 Apr, 2020
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3 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