Editor's Note: This discussion on AI originally published on Divided We Fall and features perspectives from UC Berkeley Professor Hany Farid and R Street Institute Fellow Chris McIsaac.
Confirming speculating ahead of a press event Friday, independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr announced he was suspending his campaign.
Libertarian Party presidential nominee Chase Oliver appeared on "Forbes Newsroom" Thursday in part to discuss independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr's potential withdrawal from the 2024 race.
Vice President Kamala Harris is slated to make her speech at the DNC Thursday, in which she will formally accept the Democratic Party’s nomination for President of the United States. It is a historic moment that has not come without scrutiny.
A federal judge on Monday dismissed a lawsuit brought by the League of Women Voters (LVW) of Tennessee and a bipartisan group of voters that challenged a 2023 law that some plaintiffs said intimidated them out of voting in the August primaries.
The voting reform with the most momentum behind it right now is ranked choice voting (RCV) -- which is increasingly being used in jurisdictions across the US.
Nonpartisan reformers know what is coming when they propose changing the way voters elect public officials. Inevitably, those who benefit from the status quo will turn to the courts to prevent voters from having a say.
In casual conversations with friends or coworkers we often hear very different views about our elected leaders. Some extremely negative—especially from the ones who voted for the “other” candidate.
Tennessee technically has open primaries in which party registration is not required to participate. However, it would be hard to tell under current state law.
The Charlottesville City Council will consider a draft ordinance on Monday, August 19, that if approved would authorize the city's political parties to use ranked choice voting (RCV) in council primaries.