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We Need Chief Elections Officials to be Umpires, Not Players
Editor's Note: This article originally published on Governing and has been republished on IVN with permission from the author.Election specialists and national security experts have been gaming ...
15 Sep, 2020
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Will California Change Policing?
It’s crunch month for California legislators who promised sweeping reforms in response to the police killing of George Floyd and the protests his death unleashed.Yet some social justice advocates doub ...
18 Aug, 2020
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Should the State Investigate Local Police Shootings? California Rethinks its Resistance
If officers shot and killed Sean Monterrosa in Connecticut or New York — instead of in Vallejo, California — a state agency would investigate the June 2 incident, when a police officer reportedly mist ...
11 Aug, 2020
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13 min read
Will John Roberts Save Democracy?
Lawrence Goldstone is the author of numerous books and articles on Constitutional Law, most recently “On Account of Race: The Supreme Court, White Supremacy, and the Ravaging of African American Votin ...
29 Jun, 2020
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Former Michigan Gov Calls Mail-In Voter Fraud Claims 'Utter BS'
As the fight continues across the country to expand safe and secure options for voters to participate in the 2020 elections, 5 nonpartisan organizations collaborated to put on a virtual rally to bolst ...
26 Jun, 2020
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5 min read
Pro-Voter Reformers: George's Primary Debacle Underscores Need for Vote-By-Mail Nationwide
The Georgia elections Tuesday were characterized as “catastrophe.” A new $104 million voting system broke down, many voters couldn’t vote as a result of a ballot shortage, and those who could ended up ...
10 Jun, 2020
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Giant Funding Gaps Threaten Elections in GOP States, Study Finds
This article was first published on The FulcrumWhile $400 million in federal funds has been allocated to make voting safer during the coronavirus pandemic, local election officials and good-government ...
02 May, 2020
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Why local election administrators are key to ensuring all voters may participate in democracy
Originally published on The Fulcrum.Due to the coronavirus, many states that have held their presidential primaries on schedule this year experienced a decrease in turnout, chaos and confusion. As we ...
06 Apr, 2020
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Opinion: Ranked Choice Voting Must Be A Part of the Coronavirus Elections Fix
Richie is president and Daley a senior fellow at FairVote, a nonpartisan electoral reform group that promotes ranked-choice voting. This month Daley published "Unrigged: How Americans Are Battling Bac ...
30 Mar, 2020
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Sanders Criticizes California for Denying Independent Voters the Right to Vote
All the momentum in the 2020 Democratic presidential race appears to be behind US Senator Bernie Sanders after another victory in Nevada over the weekend. Now, headed into the most consequential Super ...
26 Feb, 2020
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