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Gary Johnson Could Have Won His Senate Race If New Mexico Had Ranked Choice Voting
The New Mexico Senate Race this year was by far the best chance the Libertarian Party has ever had of getting a seat in the U.S. Congress, and in the Senate no less.In this race the nation's third lar...
OPINION: The Midterm Results Are a Serious Wake Up Call for Progressives
Since 2016, energized progressives have sought to break the cycle that has seen power swing between establishment politicians in the Democratic and Republican parties for decades. After disappointing ...
The Basic Economics of California's Prop 8 (Dialysis Pricing 2018)
Proponents of California's Prop 8, and SEIU-UHW West– the major labor union that got it on the ballot for the 2018 elections– say they're hoping it will force kidney dialysis companies in California t...
Don’t Tread on Immigrants: Libertarian Candidate Calls Donald Trump Out on CNN
Gary Johnson, the Libertarian Party candidate in a three way U.S. Senate race in New Mexico this year (and the former Republican governor of the state), went on CNN earlier this year to talk about his...
OPINION: Revitalizing Our Elections Doesn't Cost a Dime
SANTA FE, N.M. - Being a beacon for the dispossessed has defined our nation since its inception. Our democracy used to uplift people around the world. It made all of us proud. That we’ve lost that sta...
Biggest N.M. Newspaper Says It's Time for Open Primaries
The Albuquerque Journal Editorial Board says 2019 is the year New Mexico needs to adopt open primaries. The two candidates for governor have not closed the door on opening the state's primaries, and t...
Two Types of Ranked Choice Voting: How They Differ and What They Mean For Your Vote
The success of Maine as the first state to use ranked choice voting statewide has brought newfound national attention to ranked choice voting. There’s much to like in this replacement to our fractious...
Beyond The Headlines: Senator Ben Hueso "Our Wildfire Crisis Must Be Solved"
San Diego, CA.- Senator Ben Hueso represents District 40, a region that incorporates some of San Diego County and all of Imperial County.In January 2017, Senator Hueso was reappointed to serve as Chai...
How Many Democrats Are The Koch Brothers Backing in November?
The Koch brothers are the perennial capitalist power-donor bogeymen of the right, feared and maligned by Democrats as much as George Soros is hated by Republicans as the same kind of bogeyman of the l...
New Mexico Supreme Court Blocks Straight-Party Voting
SANTA FE, N.M. - The New Mexico Supreme Court has rejected Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver's attempt to implement straight-ticket (aka straight-party or one-party) voting for the Novemb...