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Here's What Each Candidate Has Spent Per Vote in The Democratic Primary
With a lot of primary left to go, the Democratic presidential candidates have raised and already spent a small fortune on their White House aspirations.So much for keeping money out of politics, right ...
07 Mar, 2020
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10 States Where Party Planners Can Host (and Avoid) Representative Primaries
Illinois should host the first presidential primaries if the goal is to pick a state that most closely matches the demographics of the country.And Vermont, the home state of Democratic front-runner Be ...
27 Feb, 2020
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Can't Argue With Science: MIT Study Supports Growing Demands to Unrig US Elections
The beginning of the 2020 presidential election was an unmitigated disaster. Results that should have been reported the night-of in Iowa instead took days as a result of technical issues with an app a ...
11 Feb, 2020
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Judge to Decide Fate of 5.6 Million California Independent Voters
On November 19, a California judge will hear arguments to determine whether California’s presidential primary rules violate the constitutional rights of California’s 5.6 million “no party preference” ...
13 Nov, 2019
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Spoiler Alert: Schultz, the Democrats, and the Independents
There is a dirty word in American politics, worse than “crook,” more terrible than “philanderer,” and more despicable than “liar.” The word is “spoiler.”A crook, a philanderer, and a liar sully the ch ...
14 Feb, 2019
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2019 Sees Tremendous Surge in Ranked Choice Legislation Nationwide
As the new year begins, state legislatures around the country are convening to tackle the issues of the day. After seeing pro-democracy measures surge on the ballot in the 2018 midterms, it’s no surpr ...
08 Feb, 2019
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State of the Union vs. the Response: ‘Hope and Change’
SAN DIEGO, CALIF. - Another State of the Union address, and an inevitably contradictive response has come and gone. Within days, no one beyond political aficionados will remember the content of either ...
07 Feb, 2019
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Organizations, Lawmakers Push for Open Primaries as Crowded 2020 Field Emerges
The 2020 presidential field is already taking shape. Nine Democrats have announced their campaigns since December, many of whose announcements went under the radar because the lack of media coverage:P ...
26 Jan, 2019
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Why The U.S. Senate Hasn't Approved Any New Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia in Over A Year
The last time the U.S. Senate leadership brought up a resolution to approve another round of arms sales to Saudi Arabia was June 2017, and it was nearly defeated– passing by a narrow 53 to 47 votes.Th ...
28 Nov, 2018
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Bitcoin Safe for Taxes, But Not Voting?
Washington, D.C. - Ohio will be the first state in the nation to use blockchain technology for tax payments. Businesses will be able to pay 23 types of taxes via bitcoin.But if blockchain is secu ...
27 Nov, 2018
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