Posted by Russell Daniels on August 18, 2019 at 9:24 PM
by Shawn Griffiths for IVN
There is no right more deeply embedded into our country’s identity than the right to vote. It is so valued by US citizens that 91% say the right to vote is essential to their own sense of personal freedom.
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written by Dr. Jessie Fields for Blavity
African Americans and young people are at the forefront of an unrecognized movement of Americans in a political re-alignment that rejects both political parties and is largely unseen by mainstream media. The media projects the roiling political divides in the country as ideological battles between adherents of right versus left politics on issues such as border security vs. decriminalization of illegal immigration, or Medicare for all vs. private health insurance. But the real divide in the country is between the establishment elites of both parties and the growing base of Americans who are identifying as independents.
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BY JEREMY GRUBER AND HARRY KRESKY for The Hill
The recent Supreme Court decision in Rucho v. Common Cause, which let stand partisan gerrymanders by Democrats in Maryland and Republicans in North Carolina, may put an end to the dominant approach to electoral reform in the United States. That’s not a bad thing.
Read morePosted by Russell Daniels on August 18, 2019 at 9:05 PM
Posted to Politics by Jim Jonas
Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes recently made the argument in the New York Times for the break up of the social media giant by arguing it has become a dangerous monopoly that places too much power and influence in the hands of one company and one person (his former Harvard roommate, Mark Zuckerberg).
Read morePosted by Russell Daniels on August 18, 2019 at 9:01 PM
Momentum is booming for election reform to give voters equal and meaningful choice in elections.
This week, the Maine Legislature passed a bill sponsored by state Senate Majority Leader Troy Jackson that expands the use of ranked choice voting.
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Posted by Russell Daniels on August 18, 2019 at 8:46 PM
written by Bill Cotterell for Tallahassee Democrat
It won’t happen in time for next year’s elections — if ever — but the idea of opening up the political primary system seems to be gaining attention among Florida Democrats.
Read morePosted by Russell Daniels on August 18, 2019 at 8:37 PM
By Fred W. Thiele Jr. for Times Union
There are 213 members of the New York Assembly. I am the only one who is not a member of one of the two major parties. That means that, like my colleagues, I can vote on legislation that will affect the daily life of every New Yorker, but I couldn't vote in New York's presidential primary election in 2016.
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