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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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Pipat’s Letter
I was following the story of the boys, the Thai soccer team and their coach, who were trapped in Tham Luang Cave in Thailand. When I passed a newsstand on Monday night and saw that four wer ...
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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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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Will Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Primary Victory Really Shake Up Party Control?
A thrilling victory by a young insurgent candidate, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, against a 20-year incumbent and party boss, US Rep. Joseph Crowley, in the June 26 New York primary seems to be reverberat ...
10 Jul, 2018
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Opinion: A Bold Vision Is Needed For San Diego's Waterfront
Over the next century San Diego’s population will double to 3 million in the city and 7 million in the county. How will all these people — our children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren — enjoy ...
10 Jul, 2018
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4 min read
Does Your Child Have Jordan's Syndrome?
The odds are stacked dramatically in your favor that your child does not have Jordan’s Syndrome. The exception to that is if your child has unexplained developmental disabilities. And if your child ha ...
10 Jul, 2018
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5 min read
Colorado's First Open Primary Exceeds Expectations for Valid Independent Voter Ballots
DENVER, CO. - The state of Colorado's first open primary since the reform passed in 2016 was a massive success for independent voters and the state's county clerks.The Associated Press reports that of ...
09 Jul, 2018
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I Miss Anthony Kennedy Already
I miss Anthony Kennedy already. Other people have written eloquently about Kennedy’s contributions to the Supreme Court. After the retirement of Sandra Day O’Connor (whom I miss, too), Kennedy became ...
09 Jul, 2018
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5 min read
The State That Defied America's Archaic Electoral Politics with a New Voting System
Democracy advocates recently celebrated a victory in Maine, where voters used ranked-choice voting in their statewide primaries — the first state ever to do so. In that election, voters also approved ...
06 Jul, 2018
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