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Partisan "Foul": 19 Radio Stations Pull Misleading Pro-Gerrymandering Ad in Michigan
LANSING, MICH. - The Voters Not Politicians campaign sent out a press release Wednesday confirming that 19 radio stations in Michigan have pulled ads against its anti-gerrymandering amendment that the ...
24 Oct, 2018
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IVN's Co-Publisher Helps Win Civvy Award for Coverage of Maine’s Ranked Choice Voting Initiative
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Foundation for Independent Voter Education and the Chamberlain Project Foundation won first place in the political category at the 2018 American Civic Collaboration Awards for p ...
24 Oct, 2018
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Maine Voters Want to Know: Why Can't I Use Ranked Choice Voting for Governor?
Maine voters are making history in the 2018 midterms as they are the first state in the nation to use ranked choice voting for US Senate and House general elections. The reform is changing the campaig ...
24 Oct, 2018
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California Democrats Get Big Bucks From Small Dollar Donors
In any campaign, big money players get the most attention. But Democrats running in California’s seven most competitive congressional districts are vastly outraising Republicans in small-dollar d ...
24 Oct, 2018
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Trump Signs Water Infrastructure Act That May Change California Landscape
San Diego, CALIF. - President Trump's Water Infrastructure Act could be one of the most significant pieces of legislation to impact the future of California. The act gives the US Army Corps of En ...
23 Oct, 2018
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Here They Are: Winners of the 2018 Civvys
As the midterm elections swiftly approach, the heat is on for voters to make big decisions about the future of our nation.In an era of media partisanship and political gridlock, voters face a tough ti ...
23 Oct, 2018
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Big Labor Abandons Duncan Hunter's Democratic Challenger Weeks before Election
SAN DIEGO, CALIF. - The California Labor Federation, the state’s major labor organization, is abandoning Democrat Ammar Campa-Najjar’s campaign to unseat indicted Republican Congressman Duncan Hunter ...
23 Oct, 2018
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This Week In Nonpartisan News: Top 5 Stories for Independent Voters
Much of the media's election coverage two weeks out from Election Day is focused on what kind of wave we are seeing -- red or blue -- and how Donald Trump will affect the outcome of the midterms. Howe ...
22 Oct, 2018
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Independent Voters Can’t Be Pegged; Summer Survey Results Show We’re Not Just “Leaners”
How will independents vote in the upcoming elections? An opinion piece appearing in the New York Times this week, entitled “How to Win Swing Voters (And How to Lose Them),” says:"As we often hear, ind ...
22 Oct, 2018
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Televised U.S. Senate Debate Loses Sponsor for Excluding Third Parties
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. - WPVI-TV Action News of Pennsylvania has lost an important sponsor, The League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania, for excluding third parties from a televised U.S. Senate debate over ...
22 Oct, 2018
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