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This Week In Nonpartisan News: GOP Rep Fails to Subvert Voters' Rights in Maine
IVN Author Wes Messamore and I take the Friday before Thanksgiving to talk about civility in the US, and the ability to forgive and lend a hand to those in distress, exemplified by Republican represen ...
16 Nov, 2018
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Ranked Choice Voting Is Already Fixing The Sky High Incumbency Rate in Congress
Congress has had abysmally low approval ratings– which have averaged well below 40%– since the 1970s, years before the first millennial was even born yet. Since 2008 Congress' approval ratings have av ...
16 Nov, 2018
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CA Sen. Ben Hueso: "Subsidies Could Be On The Chopping Block After Wildfires"
Senator Ben Hueso represents District 40, a region that incorporates some of San Diego County and all of Imperial County.In January 2017, Hueso was reappointed to serve as Chair of the Senate Committe ...
15 Nov, 2018
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Federal Judge Denies GOP Congressman's Attempt to Stop Ranked Choice Voting Count
Update: 11/15/18, 1:00 pm ET: US Rep Bruce Poliquin announced on Twitter before the second round tabulation that he would continue his legal challenge against ranked choice voting even if he won. He i ...
15 Nov, 2018
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The Florida Problem: Recounts Matter, but Don't Bet on Different Results
We need to talk about Florida.The Sunshine State is holding three statewide recounts: for governor, U.S. senator, and state agricultural commissioner. (This does not count the three other recounts in ...
14 Nov, 2018
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The Uses of Independent Power: What Happened on Election Day and Why
This is my post-election column where I analyze the impact of independent voters who came out in force last Tuesday, almost 34 million of us. Huge. The stats and takeaways are at the end of this colum ...
14 Nov, 2018
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Fair Representation Act: Is Ranked Choice Voting Going Nationwide?
IVN Author Wes Messamore and I discuss breaking news out of Maine in the latest podcast episode of In Full Color. US Rep. Bruce Poliquin filed a lawsuit Tuesday to stop ranked choice voting tabulation ...
13 Nov, 2018
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Facing Potential Defeat, GOP Congressman Sues to Stop Ranked Choice Voting
AUGUSTA, MAINE - US Rep. Bruce Poliquin filed a lawsuit in federal court Tuesday to stop ranked choice voting in Maine's 2nd Congressional District. The suit, filed against Secretary of State Matthew ...
13 Nov, 2018
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Beyond the Midterms: Independents in History
I am neither a Democrat nor a Republican. I am an independent who believes that at this moment of partisan dysfunction and division that the health of American democracy depends on the capacity o ...
12 Nov, 2018
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Election Integrity Activists to Sue Florida Sec. of State Amidst Midterm Madness
FLORIDA - Election integrity advocates will take Florida to court over ballot image preservation as soon as possible — the latest in a myriad of conflicts contributing to post-election chaos in the Su ...
11 Nov, 2018
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