In St. Louis on June 25, a 15-member committee produced the first draft of the Democratic Party's latest political platform. While a significant collaborative effort among the Democratic National Committee and the Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders campaigns, the committee was also the site of ideological and political competition as the members debated and shaped the priorities and policies of the party.

It's looking more and more like at least 3 presidential candidates will win electoral votes this cycle, something that hasn't happened since 1988 when Lloyd Bentsen received one electoral vote from faithless elector Margaret Leech.

But it hasn't been an uncommon occurrence for more than two candidates to win electoral votes, happening 21 times out of the 56 presidential elections so far.

While Congress has continued to diversify over the last decade in terms of both gender and race, one element that has not changed is the average age of the institution’s members. The 113th Congress had an average age of 57 years and with Senators, it was 62 years old.

However, there are some notable millennials (18-33) running for Congress this year. In order to run for Congress, one needs to be 25-years-old and 30 to run for Senate, so only the older group of this generation can even run for Congress.

California Secretary of State Alex Padilla announced Wednesday that a new election reform bill, SB 450, has cleared the State Assembly Elections and Redistricting Committee. According to Padilla, the purpose of the bill is to “make the voting experience smoother and more convenient” as it provides more options for voters to cast a ballot.

Under SB 450:

Vote-by-Mail Ballots: Every registered voter would be delivered a ballot 28 days before Election Day. This applies to any county that adopts the new election model.

Disability discrimination is a relic. Or is it? Is it discrimination if an able-bodied person is paid 20 times that of a disabled person? Is it discrimination if an able-bodied person is paid their bonus every time they make their target but a disabled person only gets it once?

A reasonable person can see these are rhetorical questions. Of course disabled people should be paid and treated the same as able-bodied people. So, why are there still pockets of disparity in our modern world?