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The Alaskans for Better Elections “Yes on 2” campaign released a new poll Tuesday that shows overwhelming support among voters for its proposed amendment that would shine a light on dark money in politics, implement the nation’s first nonpartisan top-four primary, and add ranked choice voting to general elections.
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Thanks to your continued commitment, the fight for nonpartisan reform has never been stronger and more unified! Last week, 200 people turned out for our second NANR spotlight to hear stories from the frontlines of 9 major efforts across the country to bring fundamental change to our election process. WATCH:
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ANCHORAGE, ALASKA. - The comprehensive reform campaign, Yes on 2 for Better Elections, released its first general election TV ad Tuesday, targeting the corrupting influence of undisclosed money in politics, also known as “dark money..” When the campaign uses the term “dark money,” it is specifically referring to massive sums
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MAINE - Independent US Senate candidate Lisa Savage tweeted the announcement this week that she has been invited to four debates ahead of the hotly contested election in November. With control of the Senate at stake, a lot of eyes will be on the tight race in Maine: As previously
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Harrisburg, Penn. - Pennsylvania was among a handful of states that made headlines for failing to meet the demand for absentee ballots during its primary elections over the summer. A new lawsuit has been filed by the Fair Elections Center and Hogan Lovells on behalf of one state voter who
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RepresentUs, the nation’s leading anti-corruption group, raised $2.1 million during a virtual gala Sunday, called “United To Save The Vote,” which featured A-list talent on the big and small screens, as well as the music industry to increase voter access to secure absentee ballots and safe in-person voting
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DETROIT, MICH. - The Movement for a People’s Party (MPP) announced Monday that more than 400,000 people from across the country joined The People’s Convention Sunday, which kept the event trending on social media during the entirety of its 5-hour program. Near the end of the event,
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The Alaskans for Better Elections “Yes on 2” campaign says the poor turnout in Alaska’s closed partisan primaries points to the biggest reason the state needs to update the way it does elections: the disenfranchisement of voters who choose not to register Republican or Democrat. According to the Alaska
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Most Americans agree that the current political process does not serve their interests. They believe the country is headed in the wrong direction. They believe policymakers are more concerned with what their party wants than what their constituents want. And they’re not wrong. But, voters in several states have
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Over 150,000 Arkansas voters signed a petition to put a nonpartisan top four primaries with ranked choice voting in the general election amendment on the November ballot. Not long after Open Primaries Arkansas submitted 59,000 of those signatures the amendment was certified to go before state voters. Arkansas
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There is a high probability that Americans will not know the results of the 2020 presidential election and other high-profile races on election night. The reason? An overwhelming majority of states won’t start counting ballots until election day. A new ballot counting scorecard tool from RepresentUs, the nation’s
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North Dakota Voters First has announced that their comprehensive better elections amendment that addresses elections security, voter choice, and gerrymandering all in one reform package has been certified for the November ballot. Measure 3, as it will appear on the ballot in North Dakota, tackles a number of issues with