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The 8 Worst Ballot Access Laws in America
To have their voices heard and enact change, citizens are urged to use their vote. But how can America's population be truly represented when, in some states, it is nearly impossible for independent o ...
01 Aug, 2018
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Prevent Drowning Foundation Proposal Raising Concerns Along Mission Beach
San Diego, CA. - There is no debating the value of the San Diego Junior Lifeguard program. Now in its third decade, the program gives kids ages 7 to 17 the opportunity to learn a litany of useful skil ...
23 Jul, 2018
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Will Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Primary Victory Really Shake Up Party Control?
A thrilling victory by a young insurgent candidate, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, against a 20-year incumbent and party boss, US Rep. Joseph Crowley, in the June 26 New York primary seems to be reverberat ...
10 Jul, 2018
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Partisan Journalists Struggle with Definition of Democracy
The biggest primary day of 2018 has come and gone. The November ballot is now set in California and 7 other states.As I looked at the coverage from the week, I noticed an article from Slate writer&nbs ...
08 Jun, 2018
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NJ Party Bosses' Outrageous Ballot Trick to Maintain Power
In the op-ed,"The Voting Shell Game," which appeared in The Star Ledger and The Times of Trenton in February, Yael Niv highlights how a handful of unelected power brokers run our state, through allian ...
04 Jun, 2018
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Sports Organizations Lose Bet to State of New Jersey
Contrary to popular belief, the United States Supreme Court did not legalize sports betting in Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Association. It merely ruled that the decision of whether to autho ...
15 May, 2018
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Young, Scrappy, and Hungry: More Independents Take On Two-Party Duopoly
Welcome to our weekly post, Independent Action, where we let you know the important moves independent candidates and organizations made over the past week.Nathan Altman, a 30-year old “scrappy en ...
23 Apr, 2018
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Independents Rally to Break Two-Party Model of Hypocrisy and Gridlock
Welcome to our weekly post, Independent Action, where we let you know the important moves Independent candidates and organizations made over the past week.Governor Bill Walker of Alaska passed HB ...
16 Apr, 2018
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10 Questions For CA Lawmakers On Internet Censorship and SB-1424
With all the hubub this week at our nation's capitol over the impact Facebook may have had on the 2008, 2012 and 2016 elections, California lawmakers have issued an internet/social media bill, SB-1424 ...
11 Apr, 2018
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Time To Eliminate YOUR Wall Street Tax?
As we get older, and hopefully wiser, we generally start to become more discerning on how we view the world and the problems we face. Many of us who seek to make the world a better place try to look a ...
05 Apr, 2018
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