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Loyalty Oaths and Party Primaries: Why It's Time to Abandon Party-Centric Elections
Loyalty Oaths and Party Primaries: Why It's Time to Abandon Party-Centric Elections
In New Hampshire’s 1st district race for U.S. Congress, the Republicans recently had a little brouhaha over a loyalty oath. Candidate Eddie Edwards was not allowed to participate in the GOP ...
21 Aug, 2018
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9 States Where Registered Independents Outnumber Both Major Political Parties
9 States Where Registered Independents Outnumber Both Major Political Parties
Millions of voters are not just choosing to self-identify as independent of the two major parties, they are dumping their party registrations in droves.In about half the states that register voters by ...
08 Aug, 2018
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When Voter Registration Becomes A Barrier to Voting
When Voter Registration Becomes A Barrier to Voting
Earlier this year, Utah and Washington quietly joined 14 other states that have eliminated the use of registration deadlines as a final cutoff to be able to vote. The congruent actions of a red s ...
26 Jul, 2018
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Voter Suppression: How Politicians Are At War With Your Vote
Voter Suppression: How Politicians Are At War With Your Vote
Voter suppression is a strategy to influence the outcome of an election by discouraging or preventing people from voting and is different from political campaigning.Campaigning attempts to change ...
09 May, 2018
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Orange County's "Bitcoin Candidate" Wants to Represent Disruptive Tech in Congress
Orange County's "Bitcoin Candidate" Wants to Represent Disruptive Tech in Congress
2018 may see the first "bitcoin candidate" elected to Congress.Many political candidates are jumping on the opportunity to raise campaign funds by accepting donations in cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, ...
19 Apr, 2018
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An Insult to Voters: The Legislatures in Maine and Utah are Out of Line
An Insult to Voters: The Legislatures in Maine and Utah are Out of Line
As independent voters, we’re all about ensuring that power resides with “the people,” but what does that mean?  Can “the people” have too much power in a representative, constitutional democracy? ...
18 Apr, 2018
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Politics for the People: A Book Club for the Curious Independent
Politics for the People: A Book Club for the Curious Independent
Book clubs have been a part of American life since 1634 when Anne Hutchinson started a “literary circle” for women as they crossed the Atlantic en route to the colonies. In 1840, Margaret Fuller found ...
08 Mar, 2018
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Diary of an Independent Voter: What They Say About Us and Why They’re Afraid of Us
Diary of an Independent Voter: What They Say About Us and Why They’re Afraid of Us
On Monday, March 12 at 8 pm ET, hundreds of people will dial into Independent Voting’s national conference call. Jackie Salit, president of Independent Voting, hosts these calls, and I wanted to exten ...
27 Feb, 2018
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Vermont Governor Signs Historic Marijuana Legalization Bill
Vermont Governor Signs Historic Marijuana Legalization Bill
Vermont is the first state to legalize adults’ possession and limited cultivation of marijuana legislativelyMarijuana will be legal in nine states and the nation’s capital when Vermont law takes effec ...
22 Jan, 2018
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Vermont Makes History with Marijuana Legalization Bill
Vermont Makes History with Marijuana Legalization Bill
Vermont is poised to become the 30th U.S. state to legalize marijuana for medical or recreational consumption, and the first state to legalize adults’ possession and limited cultivation of marijuana t ...
11 Jan, 2018
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