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Kevin Faulconer To Champion San Diego CCA Effort; "Huge Risk" For Taxpayers
San Diego, CALIF.- Politics sometimes makes strange bedfellows.Such is the case in San Diego where Republican mayor Kevin Faulconer, is now arguably closer to the Democrats on a proposed city run ener ...
25 Oct, 2018
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New Poll: Rent Control Prop Is Tanking, Dems Are Surging, And Other Unexpected (And Totally Expected) Results
With less than two weeks to go before election day, the Public Policy Institute of California is out with a new poll. This follows a similar survey they conducted just last month.New results show ...
25 Oct, 2018
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Bombs in The Mail: Will Political Leaders Call for Civility Now?
(IVN) A bomb scare rocked the nation Wednesday, as several Democratic Party leaders and CNN received packages containing explosive devices, including the Obamas and the Clintons.Here on IVN I've been ...
24 Oct, 2018
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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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