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California Elections 2020: Proposition 17 - Voting After Prison
What is Proposition 17?Proposition 17 is a constitutional amendment that would allow people on parole for felony convictions to vote in California.[1]Currently, the California Constitution disqualifie ...
06 Sep, 2020
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79% of State Legislative Incumbents Had No Primary Opposition this Year
In the 44 states with state legislative elections on Nov. 3, 2020, there are 5,875 state legislative seats on the ballot.This year, 4,994 incumbents sought re-election.[3] 20.4% (1,017) had a conteste ...
04 Sep, 2020
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Wide-Ranging Better Elections Amendment Removed from North Dakota Ballot
Editor's Note: This article originally appeared on The Fulcrum and has been republished on IVN with permission from the publisher.A sweeping election reform measure has been removed from the Nov ...
26 Aug, 2020
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California Needs a Party That Stands for Common Sense
This is an independent opinion. Want to respond? Write your own commentary! Email hoa@ivn.us.The Common Sense Party, a new political party being formed in California, stands for fiscal responsibility, ...
24 Aug, 2020
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6 min read
Want to Vote By Mail? Anti-Corruption Group Launches Resource to Counter Disinformation and Confusion
FLORENCE, MASS. - Elections officials in the US are expecting a surge in absentee votes in the 2020 election as the US continues to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. To provide voters with the resource ...
13 Aug, 2020
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Nonpartisan Reformers Are Ready for Another Historic Year
With under 3 months until election day, enthusiasm for nonpartisan election reform has hit monumental levels. NANR members are on track to make 2020 another historic year for reform.That’s why NANR is ...
13 Aug, 2020
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5 min read
Top Virginia Newspapers Endorse Amendment to End Party Control over Political Redistricting
The Richmond Times-Dispatch is the latest newspaper to publish an endorsement of a constitutional amendment that would end single-party control over redistricting in Virginia and bring transparency to ...
03 Aug, 2020
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2 min read
These 24 States Have Already Made Voting Easier in 2020
Editor's Note: This article originally appeared on The Fulcrum and has been republished on IVN with permission from the publisher.With fewer than a hundred days to the presidential election, almost h ...
03 Aug, 2020
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3 min read
The Constitution: Not As Easy As It Looks
There is a good deal of mention of the Constitution on social media these days; frequently, in short, declarative sentences that express with certainty what the document means. Oftentimes these commen ...
03 Jul, 2020
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New Film: Fixing Our Broken Criminal Justice System Starts with Ending Corruption in US Politics
Current events have turned everyone's attention to the nation’s criminal justice system. Most Americans agree that the system is broken. Yet, in a new Unbreaking America film, RepresentUs points out t ...
16 Jun, 2020
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