New Jersey Governor Chris Christie turned his focus to poverty earlier this month after a GOP summit on the matter, telling CBS the issue "can be a difficult thing to talk about."

He also criticized federal efforts to combat poverty as ineffective -- a move experts say fits with his efforts to appeal to more conservative voters as he seeks the Republican presidential nomination.

If an individual chooses, of his own volition, to refrain from the use of certain words, phrases, or characterizations that have in the past been part of his or her political discourse, on whom should the responsibility for that constraint — essentially an act of self-censorship — rest?

Should the individual himself accept responsibility for actions he takes of his own free will, or should he — in what essentially is an act of self-victimization — seek to blame someone or something else?

In 2015, the Kansas legislature gave Kris Kobach (R), the secretary of state, the authority to prosecute instances of voter fraud.

Before this measure, it was up to local district attorneys to investigate and prosecute.

During the debate on the measure, Kobach assured the state legislature that he had uncovered 100 (and then later 200) cases of double voting. Yet, seven months into this executive power grab, only 6 people have been prosecuted under the new law.

There has been an inordinate amount of press coverage dedicated to the term “anti-establishment” during this election cycle. But have we stopped to think about what exactly this word means?

The term itself denotes a bifurcated world where wealthy, powerful elites (the “establishment”) are actively fighting any individuals who are striving to mitigate their financial and political hegemony (the “anti-establishment”).

WebRoots Democracy, in partnership with Follow My Vote and other industry leading experts, has released a report entitled, "Secure Voting: A guide to secure #onlinevoting in elections." The purpose of the report, which was written by global experts and authoritative academics, is to explore and document the possible security models for online voting software.

“We think the use of blockchain technology could be the security breakthrough that makes online voting viable.” states Nathan Hourt, Co-Founder and CTO at Follow My Vote.

We are in the middle of our “One California” tour SundheimforSenate.com\tour, #DufTour on Twitter. This 6-week tour will take us from the California-Oregon border to the California-Mexico border.

We have had as many as 18 events in three days. At several events I have been asked whether I support a pathway to legal status for those who are in the country illegally.

As Democrats and Republicans begin the march into their respective primary seasons, numerous sub-plots are developing. However, relative to the rights of voters to simply participate, what’s happening in Virginia -- with its potential for utter chaos -- is like something right out of Hollywood.

The hand wringing has already begun inside the beltway about when – and if – independent Michael Bloomberg enters the presidential race. The first question in the media revolves around who loses if Bloomberg runs. It’s a replay of the 2014 gubernatorial race in Maine where an Independent was accused of vote splitting. The pundits rush to tell people how to vote based on polls and vote splitting is very much the same and it’s a disservice.

It's almost a daily occurrence to see the phrase 'someone skipped Economics 101' in the comment sections on the IVN site or Facebook page.

It seems that everyone is a self-proclaimed expert in economics, fully certified by Google and Wikipedia.

More than six weeks ahead of the Illinois presidential primary, a number of issues with the presidential candidates' petitions may alter whether residents can vote as they anticipated.