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Access Denied: NY Green Party Candidate Shut Out of Televised Debate
I was on a roll. As the Green Party congressional candidate for District 21 in upstate New York (NY-21), I participated in five congressional candidate debates or forums between April and June 2018. T ...
17 Jul, 2018
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Why Can't The Media See Independent Voters?
Nearing the two year mark since the shocking 2016 presidential election result devastated both the Democratic and Republican Party power structures, liberal mainstream media journalists are still stuc ...
16 Jul, 2018
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4 New Voting Methods That Upend Partisan Politics
Maine became the first state in the nation to use ranked choice voting in statewide elections in June. The historic moment has boosted interest in alternative voting methods that offer better election ...
16 Jul, 2018
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America's Power Struggle: Whose Corner Are You In?
We are having a big argument within the country -- about culture and norms. But mostly about power.I’m intimately familiar with power struggles, changing cultures and norms. I grew up between two worl ...
13 Jul, 2018
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Ranked Choice Voting Draws Historic Voter Turnout in 2018 Midterms
The following blog is based on a new FairVote report on ranked choice voting elections in 2018In the first half of 2018, nearly half a million voters ranked their choices in elections ...
12 Jul, 2018
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The One Strategy Dems Could Use to Stop Trump's SCOTUS Nomination No One Is Talking About
Donald Trump and his GOP have now set the Democrats up for another political whooping — this time over Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh. The Dems are predictably initiating their “fight” ...
11 Jul, 2018
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SoccerCity Prevails Over City In Tentative Ruling
San Diego, CA. – San Diego Superior Court Judge Timothy Taylor has issued a tentative ruling against the City of San Diego and its petition to remove SoccerCity from the November ballot.Taylor's tenta ...
11 Jul, 2018
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The Gerrymander Case: Who Speaks for the Country?
On June 18, the U.S. Supreme Court decided the “gerrymander” case. In Gill v. Whitford, 2018 U.S. LEXIS 3692, 138 S. Ct. 1916, 2018 WL 3013807, Democratic Party members claimed that their rights were ...
11 Jul, 2018
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In Maine: Popular Campaign Finance Reform in Jeopardy over Typo
AUGUSTA, MAINE - Maine State Treasurer and independent gubernatorial candidate Terry Hayes was joined by state representatives, former legislators, and others Monday to call on lawmakers to pass the e ...
10 Jul, 2018
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SCOTUS Digital Political Ads Now Searchable
Judge Brett Kavanaugh now proceeds to his confirmation hearing as President Trump’s nominee to the Supreme Court and the possible replacement for Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy.Advocacy groups ...
10 Jul, 2018
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