(TIM) — West Virginia is test launching a mobile voting system powered by blockchain technology in its upcoming primary election on May 8th. The system will initially be available only for active-duty military registered voters and their “eligible dependents” in Harrison and Monongalia county. The state is the first in the country to be testing a blockchain-backed voting system for a […]
SECRET SERVICE PROTECTION AT POLLING PLACES.
This section shall not prevent any officer or agent of the United States Secret Service from providing armed protective services authorized under section 3056 or pursuant to a Presidential memorandum at any place where a general or special election is held. [emphasis added]– H.R. 2825, section 4012
SANTA CRUZ, CALIFORNIA (Analysis) — In the wake of last week’s off-off-year mini-election in the U.S., there’s been a lot of undisguised celebrating going on, even among the professionally impartial. Protests, parades, petitions, polls, tweets, and op-eds may be indicators of national mood, but elections remain the only official scorecard — our democracy’s periodic and infrequent opportunity for the public to weigh in, on the record.
A new study from WalletHub that ranks states by their level independence (or lack thereof) has surprising results. Of the 10 most independent states, 3 voted Trump in the last election. Which raises an interesting question. Why do voters in those states favor big government when they don’t generally benefit from the handouts?
A new survey found that seven percent of Americans believe that chocolate milk comes from brown cows. Fourty-eight percent don't know where it comes from at all.
Rep. Bob Thorpe, R-Flagstaff, speaks in Phoenix, Arizona on Thursday, April 7, 2016. (AP/Ryan VanVelzer)
PHOENIX — An Arizona Republican lawmaker wants to prohibit college students from voting where they attend school, claiming they “dilute the votes” of year-round residents.
State Rep. Bob Thorpe, R-Flagstaff, is chairman of the Arizona House Government and Higher Education Committee.
He said in a statement:
Following a rollercoaster general election in which voters called the prime minister Theresa May's bluff and Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn's approach proved an unexpected success: five ways democracy may have benefitted
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As the nation heads to the polls for the 2017 general election, Iris Schönherr of the New Citizenship Project asks: could we co-create the country we would like to see? How can we all participate in a world we want to live in?
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As UK voters prepare to take to the polls in the 2017 general election, we profile 5 initiatives that aim to make votes count for more
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Most political ignorance is not the result of stupidity, but of largely rational behavior. The chance that your vote will make a difference to the outcome of an election is infinitesimally small (about 1 in 60 million for a presidential election). The best approach to mitigating political ignorance is not to give up on empowering ordinary people, but to empower them in a different way.
