The community of federal campaign oversight will undergo significant downsizing following announcements from the Federal Election Commission and the House Administration Committee, Wednesday. Tony Herman, General Legal Counsel to the Federal Election Commission, will leave the agency this July and the Elections Assistance Commission (EAC) moved one inch closer to being scrapped.

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Military men and women are not afforded the same whistle-blowing rights as civilian men and women. Furthermore, the award-winning documentary film The Invisible War claims that a woman in the military has more likelihood of being raped by a fellow serviceman than killed by the enemy. But military women do not have the same access to justice.

At the end of May, the Green Party, Libertarian Party and Peace and Freedom Party released a joint statement on the effect of California’s top-two primary on third parties.

California top-two primary was adopted in 2010 and used for the first time during the 2012 elections. In their statement, the parties highlight three main areas in which they believe the new system has negatively impacted their participation in the electoral process.