I want to make sure we clarify, though, that we are using this as an illustration of how important voting rights are to people, and not in the sense of “these laws are OK because there’s always countermobilization!” The latter caused so much angst on Twitter over the weekend in ...
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"Think about what's going on right now," Hoeven said Tuesday. "Gas prices aren't lower at the pump because OPEC decided to give us a Christmas present or because Russia decided they wanted to help out and lower the price at the pump... We're producing more gas and oil in this coun...
The field of deliberative democracy now generally recognizes the co-dependence of deliberation and voting. The field tends to emphasize what deliberation a
Being a voting member is also a privilege that not everyone has, so it's up to us to be educated members of this community and really listen and do our research and evaluate the quality of the music on the ballot, not just vote for our friends or what we think is most popular. I'...
These trends are not new—but they are now approaching tipping points, placing organization at the top of the CEO agenda. The COVID-19 pandemic is accelerating some of these trends: in recent months, we have seen the extraordinary forced shift of the workforce to remote environment...
friends. We left it all on floor. And there are folks making sure they do too, right now, in lines around the country. Make sure you've made every last call, texted every last friend, and given a ride or a hug to whoever needs one. Make sure, if you're voting today...
The military had called for the postponement of the convening of parliament until the voting irregularities they alleged could be resolved. The NLD chose instead to move ahead as planned. “In a lot of ways February 1 brought to a head the almost inevitable conflict between the two parts of ...
early voting data was increasingly cited inoppositionto the polls, withpunditsandreporterscriticizing sites such as FiveThirtyEight and RealClearPolitics for not incorporating early voting data into their forecasts. (It can be easy to forget now, but we spent a lot of timearguing with peoplewho thoug...
I mentioned it was “coincidental” that widespread election distrust began with Trump. Our nation was founded and has thrived on citizens trusting the integrity of our decentralized voting system. Now, however, “election integrity” is the Republican code for ensuring a Trump victory. ...