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Tag: Fair Elections

Unanimous Arkansas Supreme Court rules voter ID unconstitutional

October 16th, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Elections

Unanimous Arkansas Supreme Court rules voter ID unconstitutional Progressives in Arkansas scored a big victory yesterday when the Supreme Court of Arkansas unanimously struck down

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Lewis Black rages against voter suppression

October 11th, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Elections

Elected officials shouldn’t get to choose who gets to choose elected officials. Look: People marched and fought and died for the right to vote. And

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NRCC operative lamely defends attempt to deceive voters

August 14th, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Elections

They’re not fake Web sites… These are real attack Web sites. — A National Republican Congressional Committee operative, laughably trying to claim there is nothing

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Norway ends experiment with Internet voting after disappointing results

June 27th, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Elections

Norway ends experiment with Internet voting after disappointing results Norweigan officials have decided to pull the plug on an experimental Internet voting system amid security/privacy

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Left and right agree: Supreme Court too political

May 7th, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, Litigation, Open Government, Public Service

Left and right agree: Supreme Court too political Americans of all political stripes are fed up with the Roberts Court, a new survey conducted by

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Justice Breyer schools the Roberts majority: “Where enough money calls the tune, the general public will not be heard”

April 2nd, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, Elections, Our Environment

Corruption breaks the constitution­ally necessary “chain of communication” between the people and their representatives. It derails the essential speech-to-government-action tie. Where enough money calls the

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Senator Bernie Sanders blasts the Supreme Court’s harmful McCutcheon decision

April 2nd, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, Elections, Open Government

Senator Bernie Sanders: “The Supreme Court is paving the way toward an oligarchic form of society in which a handful of billionaires like the Kock brothers and Sheldon Adelson will control our political process.” (Graphic courtesy of Senator Sanders’ office).

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Court’s liberal justices take aim at conservative Roberts majority for dismantling anti-corruption laws

April 2nd, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, Elections, Litigation, Open Government

Taken together with Citizens United, today’s decision eviscerates our Nation’s campaign finance laws, leaving a remnant incapable of dealing with the grave problems of democratic

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Republicans going all out to limit voting in swing states

March 30th, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Elections, Party Politics

Republicans going all out to limit voting in swing states The New York Times documents the Republican Party’s effort to make it more difficult for

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Addicted to Koch: A limerick for the occasion

March 17th, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, Elections, Holidays, Humor & Satire, Open Government

Today’s right-wing Republican Party is addicted to Koch Those brothers want us to think our government’s broke They’re spending big to spread lots of FUD

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