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Fresh Off His Loss to Cory Booker, Steve Lonegan Sets His Sights on NJ-3

In many ways, Steve Lonegan was the Republicans’ sacrificial lamb in the New Jersey special Senate election in 2013. Cory Booker entered the race as a high profile candidate who, from the very beginning, was expected to win the seat with a wide margin.

Republican Mia Love Likely to Win Utah's 4th Congressional District

Utah's fourth congressional district is up for grabs after Democrat Jim Matheson

announced his retirement last year. Returning after a narrow loss against Matheson in 2012, Republican Mia Love is the current frontrunner in the race. With only 3 months until the nominating convention, one primary challenger, and the absence of any serious Democratic competitors, the seat is likely Mia Love's for the taking.

How Do I Vote? Everything You Need to Know by State

State-by-state Information
How Do Primaries Work?
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Pa. Judge: Voter ID Law a 'Substantial Threat' to Voting Rights

As it was pointed out in a recent federal court decision in Hawaii, which upheld the state's open primary system, the court cannot base its decision on the assumption that something is happening. There must be clear evidence that the burden on the state, an organization, or a person is real.

5 Ways Social Media Users Can Protect Online Privacy

Whether you support or oppose his controversial acts, Edward Snowden’s revelations of the NSA surveillance program resurfaces the issue of government intrusion, and reminds us to be extra cautious when disclosing tightlipped information across different social media platforms.

Obama to Reform NSA Spying Programs

Voters Don't Need Increased Burdens to Create a Fraud-Free System

I've written here previously about what I believe is the #1 most important electoral reform. More important than ending gerrymandering, more important than ending the legal extortion and bribery of elected officials, more important than term limits, more important than no political party shall be privileged, and more important than ending first-past-the-post single mark ballots (the #2 most important electoral reform) is the right to a

fraud-free counted vote.

Partisan Primaries Create Delicate Balancing Act for Lawmakers

It is a delicate yet sometimes not-very-graceful balancing act that our elected representatives must constantly perform. It is an act executed on a high-wire strung between opposing interests and electorates. Much of this challenge is considered by many to be a result of partisan primary elections.

Three Numbers that Come Before 10: Why the Tenth Amendment does not Create 50 Little Countries

Now that same sex marriages can be legally performed in 17 states (plus the District of Columbia), the other states are starting to

feel the pressure that comes when you are on the wrong side of the zeitgeist.

Lawmakers Introduce Legislation to Fix The Voting Rights Act

According to

The Nation, 3 senators will introduce new legislation on Thursday, January 16, that would update the Voting Rights Act (VRA) with a new formula to determine when preclearance is needed.

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