There are three methods of proportional representation advocates most commonly present: cumulative voting, limited voting, and ranked-choice voting. Each has been used in the United States, mainly in local and county elections, with decent success.
The first two systems only simulate proportional voting while ranked-choice can fully incorporate proportional voting.
California's political season ramped up Saturday at San Diego's third annual Politifest, hosted by Voice of San Diego. The event featured two of the state's prominent political figures: Assembly Speaker Toni Atkins and Neel Kashkari, the Republican candidate for governor and former assistant secretary to the U.S. Treasury.
While attendees enjoyed the sun and beer garden, Atkins and Kashkari laid out competing views for California's future.
In June 2014, the government announced that all of the jobs that were lost during the Great Recession have been recovered. Since then, we have had a net growth of jobs higher than pre-recession levels. However, the question remains as to whether the jobs that are being created are of the same caliber as those we lost.
According to a report from the National Employment Law Project (NELP)
California Democrats are struggling to hold on to their supermajority in the State Assembly as the California GOP prepares to take back a number of seats in the lower chamber. One of the many races vital to the GOP's efforts to regain some ground in the legislature is Assembly District 36.
Slate's Dave Weigel recently noted that the GOP response to President Obama's decision to launch airstrikes in Iraq has been "muted." The liberty movement
This was 23-year-old Khadija al-Saadi on Gawker Wednesday:
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Late Thursday, President Barack Obama announced the authorization for American military commanders to use military force, if necessary, in the form of limited airstrikes inside Iraq. The airstrikes are intended to combat advances by the militant group ISIL, also known as the Islamic State or ISIS.
In a statement to the press, the president said:
"The effort is being taken up by two Democratic state legislators from Albuquerque. Sen. Bill O’Neill and Rep.
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Does Santa meet FAA regulations? Shouldn't we break up his viscous monopoly on Christmas? These are questions being asked by the creators of the new satirical animated Christmas movie, Uncle SAMta, which hopes to provide a comedic, yet truthful look at the economy -- offering something to all ages as an aspiring Christmas classic for years to come.