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Signature Required: SD County on Verge of Big Election Reform

The effort to reform County of San Diego elections and align them with the City of San Diego and the State of California is underway. The Full Voter Participation Act

By Jeff Powers

/ January 5, 2018

Signature Required: SD County on Verge of Big Election Reform

Meet the VA Delegate Who Wants to Give Voters Direct Democracy and Nonpartisan Primaries

Virginia Delegate Sam Rasoul is no stranger to election reform. He has championed a number of legislative efforts to improve elections in the past, and has introduced a new package

By Shawn M Griffiths

/ January 5, 2018

Meet the VA Delegate Who Wants to Give Voters Direct Democracy and Nonpartisan Primaries

In a Nation Full of Independents, Why Do Independent Voters Get So Much Hate?

Our last election was disappointing, to say the least. I say this not necessarily from one political camp or the other, but because the majority of Americans seem to agree

By Kate Harveston

/ January 5, 2018

In a Nation Full of Independents, Why Do Independent Voters Get So Much Hate?

AG Sessions To Unleash Federal Prosecutors on Legal Marijuana

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxbWiKKj1MY Video Source: CBS News The Associated Press reported Thursday that Attorney General Jeff Sessions is rolling back the Justice Department's policy

By Wes Messamore

/ January 4, 2018

AG Sessions To Unleash Federal Prosecutors on Legal Marijuana

Jeff Sessions' Marijuana Enforcement Could Have Dire Implications for Vets Seeking Care

Last month, the Veterans Health Administration issued a new policy dictating the way that VA health care providers handle the issue of medical marijuana for the millions of US veterans

By Wendy Innes

/ January 4, 2018

Jeff Sessions' Marijuana Enforcement Could Have Dire Implications for Vets Seeking Care

Trump Can Pass DACA and Build a Wall -- Just Not a Real One

As part of his campaign platform, then-candidate Trump called for a litany of immigration reforms, including his trademark cry for a “beautiful” wall along the US-Mexico border. Trump’s campaign,

By Aaron Robles

/ January 4, 2018

Trump Can Pass DACA and Build a Wall -- Just Not a Real One

Anti-Corruption Leader Says 2018 Is Big Year to Unrig the System

T.J. O'Hara is joined by Josh Silver. Josh is a veteran election and media reform executive. He was the campaign manager for the successful 1998 Arizona Clean

By Kaia Los Huertos

/ January 3, 2018

Anti-Corruption Leader Says 2018 Is Big Year to Unrig the System

President Trump Dissolves Election Integrity Commission

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3NQ04a2Yy8 The White House announced Wednesday that President Donald Trump signed an executive order that dissolves his Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity. President

By Shawn M Griffiths

/ January 3, 2018

President Trump Dissolves Election Integrity Commission

By The Time You're Done Reading This, Over $1 Million Will Be Added to the National Debt

$20,599,336,131,868. As of the time of this writing, that is the current United States national debt. In the time it took me to write that sentence,

By Alex Spillis

/ January 3, 2018

By The Time You're Done Reading This, Over $1 Million Will Be Added to the National Debt

How Michigan Voters Can Save Themselves from the Tyranny of Gerrymandering

Nothing is less American than political parties. As a country, we fancy ourselves a meritocracy staffed by conscientious and well-informed voters. But that can’t possibly be true so long

By Kate Harveston

/ January 3, 2018

How Michigan Voters Can Save Themselves from the Tyranny of Gerrymandering

Time Is Right to Elect An Independent Governor in Connecticut

Just before Thanksgiving, I received a call out of the blue from a friend of Oz Griebel, a well-known and very respected business leader in Connecticut, and a Republican. He

By Monte Frank

/ January 3, 2018

Time Is Right to Elect An Independent Governor in Connecticut

CO Lawmaker Dumps Party Affiliation: "Unaffiliated Voters Deserve Representation"

“I didn’t change, the system changed. This system is terribly broken.” That’s what Colorado State Senator Cheri Jahn wrote in her announcement on Friday, declaring that she’s

By 420 Times

/ January 2, 2018

CO Lawmaker Dumps Party Affiliation: "Unaffiliated Voters Deserve Representation"