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Category: Voting/Elections

Vice-Presidential Debate very important as Clinton lead still must grow

September 29, 2016 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Uncategorized, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

The vice-presidential debate on Tuesday, October 4 will be more important than a simple discussion between two back-benchers. First, even though it is widely

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A way for Hillary to foil Trump and Lester Holt in the Debate

September 21, 2016 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Hillary Clinton, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

There are many Americans who expect the first presidential debate on Monday, September 26 to be a wall of sound in which Donald Trump

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Who can survive Trump bullying; not the press

September 8, 2016 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Hillary Clinton, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

Just to get a conversation going, let’s say that the following Democrats can survive Donald Trump-type bullying: Bill Clinton Barack Obama Bernie Sanders  

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How Verizon convinced me to use paper ballots

August 30, 2016 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Corruption, Democracy, Good government, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

Two things happened to me over this past weekend to strengthen my conviction that paper ballots are superior to electronic voting machines. The first

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Hillary, I’m trying to help. Give me something to work with.

August 22, 2016 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Campaigns, Hillary Clinton, Voting/Elections 5 comments

For a while, it seemed to be a shoo-in for Hillary as the Donald kept putting one foot after the other in his mouth,

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Can Independent Evan McMullin get on the ballot to stop Trump? A state-by-state chart

August 8, 2016 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2016 Election, States, Voting/Elections 7 comments

There’s a new independent candidate for President in 2016, but can he get on the ballot in time to make a difference?. Evan McMullin

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Hillary is flawed, but so what

July 29, 2016 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Campaigns, Hillary Clinton, Politics, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

To say that Hillary Clinton is flawed is to say that she is human. So are the rest of us. I would have preferred

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Infographic: A history of women running for President

June 13, 2016 Bobbi Clemons 2016 Election, Voting/Elections, Widgets: Women, Women Leave a comment

Whether you’re pro or anti Hillary Clinton, you have to admit that a woman running for President of the United States is a good

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Defeating supply-side economics with supply-side democracy

June 8, 2016 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Campaigns, Corruption, Democracy, Ethics, Media, Voting/Elections 4 comments

One of the terms with which Republicans couch their conservative views is supply-side economics. It sounds innocent enough, but history since the “Reagan Revolution”

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50 ways to cheat your voters

March 30, 2016 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2016 Election, Democracy, Politics, Voting/Elections, Widgets: Voting Leave a comment

If you want to prevent certain people from voting, you’ve got a lot of options. Some are legal; some are not. Most of us

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