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Open Primaries: ALL Voters Have Right to Vote in Taxpayer-Funded Elections
Opening our electoral process to more voices than just those from the two national parties is the goal of Open Primaries.The efforts by the RNC and DNC to rig the system and engage in gerrymandering a ...
12 Feb, 2018
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Are We Witnessing the Cutting Edge of Voting Reform?
The Equal Vote Coalition is proposing an innovative new voting system that its leaders say will not only revolutionize the way we conduct elections, but will provide the fixes we need for a clearly ...
01 Feb, 2018
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10 min read
Truth Is, Republican and Democratic Politicians Don't Really Care About Taxpayers
In the last week of 2017, the Washington Post published an article highlighting perhaps the biggest winner from the the new GOP tax plan: accountants.The bill’s passage on partisan lines, along with t ...
02 Jan, 2018
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In Big Win for Federalism, "Magic" Mushrooms Up Next for CA Ballot?
Supporters of a 2018 ballot initiative to legalize psychedelic mushrooms in California were given the green light by the state attorney general's office earlier this month to circulate petitions and g ...
29 Nov, 2017
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4 min read
EXCLUSIVE: Amid Explosive DNC Revelations, Progressives Revolt Against Party
Former Interim DNC Chair Donna Brazile dropped a bombshell about the conduct of the DNC in the 2016 presidential campaign that has left many progressives reeling. Bernie supporters largely feel valida ...
09 Nov, 2017
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4 min read
Cash Crop: NV Projected to Raise $120 Million In Marijuana Tax Revenue
The numbers are in for Nevada's first month of legal retail marijuana sales.In July, legal marijuana dispensaries in Nevada made $27.1 million selling the marijuana plant's leaves (or "flowers" as the ...
02 Oct, 2017
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3 min read
Italy's Five Star Movement: Rise of the Independent
How the heck did it come so far, so fast?That's certainly what comedian and blogger Beppe Grillo must be saying, just 7 years after starting Italy's fastest growing political party, the Fiv ...
21 Sep, 2017
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2 min read
Concerned About Voter Fraud? Time to Try AVR
Automatic Voter Registration (AVR) is a process where “state officials automatically register eligible citizens using reliable information from other government lists. All would be given the chan ...
27 Jul, 2017
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3 min read
Democratic Leaders Block National Popular Vote in Oregon
Legislation that would add Oregon to the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact is having a little trouble in the state Senate. Willamette Week reports that the Democratic Majority Leader and the De ...
07 Jul, 2017
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2 min read
Free My Voice: Primary Elections Should Serve Voters, Not Parties
Like a lot of Missouri voters, I’m beyond angry at our recent divisive presidential election and scandal-plagued state legislature. It’s time to vent that anger at the real culprit: an election system ...
06 Jul, 2017
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3 min read