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Dems Upset in North Carolina: GOP Eliminates Judicial Primaries
Earlier this month, we reported on the uncertain fate of a ballot access reform bill in North Carolina. That bill has now passed, liberalizing ballot access laws in North Carolina, but also carry ...
18 Oct, 2017
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Hep A Outbreak: 19 Now Dead, More than 350 Hospitalized
The death toll continues to climb.The county Health and Human Services Agency updated its hepatitis A outbreak numbers which inluded an additional death to bring the total to 19 and increased the numb ...
17 Oct, 2017
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Independents Can't Win: The Biggest Lie in the Two-Party Playbook
There’s no argument that candidates affiliated with the major political parties have tremendous, built-in structural campaign advantages over independent candidates. The range of major-party advantage ...
17 Oct, 2017
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The "Cube Root Rule": A Push to Make Congress More Representative?
The Constitution does not set the size of the House of Representatives. Until the 1920s, its size changed after every census, expanding to reflect the nation’s growing population.However, the 1920 cen ...
16 Oct, 2017
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Two California Assembly Bills Could Stiffle Republican Control of San Diego
California Governor Jerry Brown signed two bills Thursday that will give San Diego County voters greater control in county elections.AB 801 restructures the county's Independent Redistricting Commissi ...
13 Oct, 2017
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12.4% Surcharge Slapped on Obamacare Plans For Californians
In August, Covered California announced that 2018 premiums would rise 12.5 percent statewide. But the exchange also warned that additional hikes could be in store if President Trump failed ...
11 Oct, 2017
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San Diego Fire-Rescue Department Sends Strike Teams To Napa
Following an emergency declaration from Governor Jerry Brown, the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department has sent two strike teams to Northern California to assist in battling the wildland brush fires that ...
10 Oct, 2017
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Gamechangers: USC, ASU, Independent Voting Partner to Challenge Two-Party Academia
Arguably, academia is as guilty as the media, the politicians, and the two major parties themselves, of promoting partisanship.This is, in large part, because political scientists analyze elections as ...
04 Oct, 2017
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ACLU: California Tossing Ballots over Sloppy Signatures
How often do you think about your signature? Probably not often. It becomes so routine that it is a matter of muscle memory for most people.However, the LA Times reports that with the rise in absentee ...
02 Oct, 2017
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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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