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Non-affiliated or no party preference voters comprise about 37 percent of all registered voters in Maine as of the last election. Democratic and Republican voters compose 32 and 28 percent of the electorate, respectively. Although Maine didn't make it on the list of the top 5 states for
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Massively open online courses, or MOOCs, are typically dependent on outside investors to cover expenses. While MOOCs expand the education opportunities for hundreds of thousands world-wide, building a sustainable funding model has yet to be perfected. Leading open online courses are run through highly esteemed universities like Massachusetts Institute of
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kR4nn3B_XM4 Former Congressman Dr. Ron Paul held his second Ask Me Anything (AMA) Thursday on the social media network, Reddit. Timed to coincide with the launch of the liberty-minded politician's 'Ron Paul Channel,' which debuted last week, the AMA
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California State Senator Alex Padilla // Credit: voxxi.com The California State Auditor's report, released earlier this month, exposed millions in wasted taxpayer dollars. According to the report, inconsistent policy spanning multiple secretaries of state and a failed government contract wasted nearly $26 million in federal Help America Vote
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Touch screen voting machine // Credit: SI.edu The future of how Californians register to vote, and if they vote, will be in the hands of the next Secretary of State. Debra Bowen, the current Secretary of State, ends her term following next November's election. Meanwhile, five candidates have
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Lever operated voting machine // Credit: RadioFan An August 9 California State Auditor report found millions in wasted public funds spent over the last decade on outdated or unusable voting systems and a public-private contract gone awry. The Help America Vote Act, passed in 2002, allocated $380 million to upgrade California&
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The debate on tax policy seems to emerge once every year as budget negotiations deadlock and little substantive progress is made to address the nation's fiscal needs. This last cycle, negotiations culminated under the 'fiscal cliff' which has since disappeared from media airwaves. Consequently, voters are
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Credit: Vice.com A Quinnipiac poll shows Newark Mayor Cory Booker leading the New Jersey Senate race with 54 percent of likely Democratic voters. Booker is well ahead of Republican front-runner Steve Lonegan 54 to 29 percent in a projected general election matchup. The U.S. Senate seat was vacated
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Credit: Legislative Analyst's Office California consumers may have no one to blame but themselves for the state's increasing sales tax rate. According to a Legislative Analyst's Office report, authored by Mac Taylor, the increasing sales tax rate is linked to consumers favoring non-taxable services
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// Christopher Howells Credit: Shutterstock.com The Committee for Economic Development (CED) released a series of reports Wednesday finding an overwhelming majority of surveyed business leaders favored a 'major overhaul' of campaign finance law. The CED is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, public-policy organization that focuses on issues that
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The primary election for New Jersey's vacant Senate seat is less than a month away. New Jersey is one of 19 states with a closed primary system. This requires that only voters affiliated with one specific party can participate in that party's primary. Six partisan candidates
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8hE3b-djW0&feature=youtu.be Former FEC Chair and Nonresident Senior Fellow of Governance Studies at the Brookings institute, Trevor Potter spoke at the Chautauqua 2013 lecture series on 'Markets, Morals and the Social Contract.' The lecture focused on the ever expanding