Reform: How Your Elected Officials Did
L.A.’s government is technically nonpartisan, but it was no secret that Riordan was a center-right Republican. When he was elected, notes his campaign strategist, Arnold Steinberg, registered Democrats outnumbered Republicans 2 to 1; today he estimates the ratio as 4 to 1. If the city and...
About half is local government. I'm part of the horde - an elected "election official" who helps hand out and tally ballots maybe twice a year. There are five such election officials in my ward, which comes to about one election official per 1000 residents. I ...
Jan. 20: By noon on this day, the Constitution says a new presidential term begins. If Congress has not yet certified a winner of the presidential election, federal law designates an acting president based on which elected officials are in office. If there is no president or vice p...
The new leaders include six women, seven from ethnic minority groups, and 18 non-CPC members. They are Party and government officials, high-ranking officials of non-CPC political parties, and federations of industry and commerce, patriotic personages from Hong Kong and Macao, and figures who ha...
Lobbyists are commonly held in a negative light because they are seemingly able to circumvent the democratic process. Direct lobbying tries to influence government officials while the aim of grassroots lobbying is to influence public opinion by asking individuals to contact their elected officials about...
“I am not afraid of titles because I fear the danger of any power they could confer, but I am against them because they are not very reconcilable with the nature of our government, or the genius of the people; even if they were proper in themselves, they are not so at this juncture...
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Adjudication specifically refers to the process and decision issued by a government-appointed or elected judge rather than a decision issued by an arbitrator in a private proceeding orarbitration. Judges and arbitrators are expected and required to follow the law but judges' adjudications also must ...
“My experience is that voters have a wide variety of opinions when it comes to the use of tax dollars,” said Kelly, who declined a request for an interview but answered questions via email. “Douglas County has put...