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Abolishing The Electoral College Could Have Many Unintended Consequences
Abolishing The Electoral College Could Have Many Unintended Consequences
It’s been a month since Election Day, and we still don’t know who won the 2020 election! While it’s looking more and more clear every day that Joe Biden will be inaugurated in January, Donald Trump ha ...
07 Dec, 2020
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14 min read
Despite Reform Gains, Partisan Interests Still Largely Control Redistricting Process
Despite Reform Gains, Partisan Interests Still Largely Control Redistricting Process
Editor's Note: This article originally appeared on The Fulcrum and has been republished on IVN with permission from the publisher.‍Next year's redistricting landscape is, at best, a mixed bag for good ...
24 Nov, 2020
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8 min read
Closing the Distance: What Distance Learning Really Looks Like
Closing the Distance: What Distance Learning Really Looks Like
The challenges presented to schools by the pandemic, particularly those serving students and families living in historically under-resourced communities, aren’t new -- these problems have long existed ...
29 Oct, 2020
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6 min read
How VotePact Gives You Leverage Over the Duopoly
How VotePact Gives You Leverage Over the Duopoly
VotePact is a voting strategy that advocates that people vote for their actual preferences by pairing up with someone on the other side of the Democratic-Republican divide. So people can strategically ...
26 Oct, 2020
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4 min read
How Colorado Became the Nation's Model for Vote by Mail Elections
How Colorado Became the Nation's Model for Vote by Mail Elections
Editor's Note: This article originally appeared on The Fulcrum and has been republished on IVN with permission from the publisher. All across the country, the consistent theme of this presidentia ...
20 Oct, 2020
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11 min read
These 34 States Are Making Voting Easier ahead of November
These 34 States Are Making Voting Easier ahead of November
Editor's Note: This article originally appeared on The Fulcrum and has been republished on IVN with permission from the publisher.‍Voting in the presidential election ends in 40 days, and states ...
24 Sep, 2020
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4 min read
I’m a Dad and a Dentist: Why You Should Not Avoid the Dentist During the Pandemic
I’m a Dad and a Dentist: Why You Should Not Avoid the Dentist During the Pandemic
This is an independent opinion. Have an opinion of your own? Write it! Email it to hoa@ivn.usWe have all had to make significant adjustments this year. And like most of you, my life has been dramatica ...
23 Sep, 2020
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3 min read
Number of States that Require Non-COVID Reasons to Vote by Mail Drops to 5
Number of States that Require Non-COVID Reasons to Vote by Mail Drops to 5
Editor's Note: This article originally appeared on The Fulcrum and has been republished on IVN with permission from the publisher.‍South Carolina is poised to become the latest state to permit al ...
17 Sep, 2020
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2 min read
For San Diego Inmates’ Families, Talk Isn’t Cheap
For San Diego Inmates’ Families, Talk Isn’t Cheap
Paradise Hill resident Alicia Muhammad says said she loves chatting with her son every other day, but at 33 cents-per-minute — she can’t talk very long. Her son, Reginald Harmon, is incarcerated at th ...
11 Sep, 2020
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3 min read
Joe Collins: Taking a Big-Name Incumbent into Deep Waters in CA-43
Joe Collins: Taking a Big-Name Incumbent into Deep Waters in CA-43
Joe Collins is T.J. O’Hara’s guest on "Deconstructed." Mr. Collins spent 13 years in the United States Navy and served with distinction in Operation Iraqi Freedom. He has a strong sense of duty, commi ...
09 Sep, 2020
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2 min read