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San Diego Primary Election Reform Bill Gets Support from Independent Voter Project

Sacramento, CA, May 9, 2017 - The organization that authored California's nonpartisan primary system, the Independent Voter Project (IVP), has submitted a letter in support of AB 901,

By Independent Voter Project

/ May 9, 2017

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Blackmail, Unmasking, and Partisan Politics: The Flynn Case Continues on Capitol Hill

As expected, this hearing was sharply divided among political lines. There were certainly a few moments and takeaways that stood out from the Capitol Hill testimony of Sally Yates and

By Jeff Powers

/ May 9, 2017

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Colorado One Step Closer to Implementing Open Primaries

On Monday, the Colorado State Senate approved SB 305, a bill that guides the secretary of state on how to write the rules for the state's open primary

By Shawn M Griffiths

/ May 9, 2017

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IVN EXCLUSIVE: First Chief Admin of House, Scot Faulkner, Talks DC Corruption

This week host T.J. O’Hara is joined by Scot Faulkner. As the first Chief Administrator of the U.S. House of Representatives, Scot discussed his expertise in applying

By Kaia Los Huertos

/ May 9, 2017

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Fractured France: 1 in 3 Voters Refuse to Vote in Presidential Election

When it comes to France's presidential election, the media's focus will be on Macron's landslide victory against opponent Marine Le Pen. Yet, there is

By Shawn M Griffiths

/ May 8, 2017

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Michael Flynn, Russia, and the Election: Sally Yates to appear on Capitol Hill

Former Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates will take the oath before a Senate Judiciary subcommittee Monday. Yates is going to field questions concerning Russia’s attempts to interfere with the

By Jeff Powers

/ May 8, 2017

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The Story of a Broken System from Inside the Georgia 6th Congressional District Special Election

In November 2016, Tom Price, my congressman, was nominated to be Secretary of Health and Human Services for the Trump administration. I was still working hard in my natural gas

By David Abroms

/ May 8, 2017

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Air Force One Costs How Much to Operate?

Did you know it costs nearly $150,000 to operate Air Force One? Per HOUR!!! Kudos to the group Judicial Watch for obtaining records from the Department of the Air

By Thomas A Hawk

/ May 5, 2017

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Ron Paul Unleashed: Former Candidate Excoriates Trump and Congress On One Issue After Another

Dr. Ron Paul, who served 12 terms in the US Congress and became famous when he ran on a libertarian platform for the Republican presidential nomination in 2008, has been

By Wes Messamore

/ May 5, 2017

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Does France Have Better Elections than US?

Runoffs get touted as a solution for vote splitting between similar candidates and overall better elections. Certainly, just about anything is better than the choose-one plurality voting that the US

By Aaron Hamlin

/ May 5, 2017

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Debriefing Democracy: 5 Takeaways in Nonpartisan News

Bernie Sanders supporters continue their fight against the Democratic National Committee, California lawmakers aren't addressing the real problem with presidential primaries, and an independent candidate emerges in Maine&

By Shawn M Griffiths

/ May 5, 2017

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Maybe CNN is Fake News? Check This Out

https://twitter.com/YossiGestetner/status/859569768449421312 Fake news -- it’s a term we often hear about, but don’t often get the opportunity to see examples of just how

By Jeff Powers

/ May 4, 2017