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FCC Chair Announces Proceeding to Restore Net Neutrality
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Indianapolis Star (Op-Ed): Lax Indiana lobbying laws bring legislator ethics into question
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Bergen Record/NorthJersey.com: If he doesn’t resign, could indicted Bob Menendez be expelled from the Senate?
“Anything can move quickly in the Senate if senators want to,” Spaulding said.
The punishment granted in Article I, Section 5, of the Constitution has been rare: The Senate has expelled 15 members since 1789, and the 14 cases other than Blount's occurred during the Civil War for support of the...
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Ohio Capital Journal: Ohio Redistricting Commission kicks off regional hearings
“The manipulation of district lines is the manipulation of elections,” Turcer argued. “The manipulation of elections is the manipulation of public policy.”
“So at the end of the day,” she continued, “manipulating districts to favor one political party over the other manipulates all sorts of...
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New York Times: In North Carolina, Republicans Seek More Control Over Elections
Ms. Webb and other critics say their concerns might have been allayed had the legislature added language to the House bill that laid out instructions to break deadlocks. But “those suggestions have been rejected,” she said.
Ms. Webb...
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CFTC Rejects Bid to Legalize Gambling on U.S. Elections
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Orlando Sentinel: Fight teed up in federal court over controversial Florida congressional redistricting map
The Legislature passed the...
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Patriot News/PennLive (Op-Ed): Effective, useful, and secure: Why Dush is wrong about ERIC
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PolitiFact: Vivek Ramaswamy has called for ‘paper ballots.’ Most Americans vote that way already
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John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act Will Protect Every American’s Freedom to Vote
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Testimony for House Hearing on Threat of Article V Constitutional Convention
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Public News Service: Some Maryland Communities Lowering Voting Age to 16
"When they're 16- or 17-year-olds, they are starting their first part-time jobs," Canty pointed out. "So they now have income, so they're purchasing things, so they are paying sales tax, but they have no say in what happens to those tax dollars."
Canty sees late high school as a good time to engage young people.
"Usually around 16, 17 years old, that junior, senior...