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Getting to Work
We need to educate ourselves on all the candidates running for office where we live. That means finding out who these people are – which can be a surprisingly difficult thing for the average voter to do.
Here’s how many teens and non-U.S. citizens voted legally on Town Meeting Day
Here's how many teens and non-U.S. citizens voted legally on Town Meeting Day Voters at the polls in Montpelier on March 5. Montpelier is one of three Vermont cities where non-U.S. citizens can vote on local issues. Photo by Mike…
Ballot measures are an important form of direct democracy
Our political system never rests, and that’s particularly true for the scores of statewide and local ballot measure campaigns currently underway across the country.
San Diego librarians’ work now involves battling censorship
In an era of rising book challenges and censorship, learn how one librarian is defending the freedom to read.
Election concerns, conflict forgiveness, shelter pets
Arizona Secretary of State comes on to discuss various election concerns. A political psychologist discusses "conflict forgiveness".
2023 Year in Review
From big names in Utah politics stepping back from public service, to shifting power dynamics in our state - 2023 was a big year in Utah politics. Plus, a look at what our panel expects in the coming year. Journalist…
Public records requests create challenges for North Carolina’s election system, workers
The influx in paperwork created by 'election integrity' activists' requests is straining administration resources
Georgia redistricting tests if the Voting Rights Act protects ‘coalition districts’
The fight over Georgia’s political maps has already had several steps. After the judge in October found the maps illegally diluted the power of Black voters, Republican lawmakers were forced to revise the district lines to add new, majority-Black districts.
House minority leader lays out 2024 legislative priorities
House minority leader lays out 2024 legislative priorities Substantive debate over Medicaid expansion has not occurred in recent years due to Gov. Tate Reeves' and Speaker of the House Phillip Gunn's opposition to expansion. However, Rep. Jason White, who is…
Virginia becomes the latest GOP-governed state to quit a voter data partnership
Virginia becomes the latest GOP-governed state to quit a voter data partnership Virginia is the eighth state to leave the bipartisan ERIC compact amid fringe conservative reports and conspiracy theories attempting to connect the system to liberal activists. Photo by…
Houston mayor’s race heads to runoff between John Whitmire, Sheila Jackson Lee
Whitmire and Jackson Lee led the field of 18 recognized mayoral candidates, but neither were near the 50% of the votes cast to avoid a second round.