05 Nov

Marijuana Legalization: California Likely To Approve Proposition 64 Making Recreational Cannabis Legal

Legalization of recreational marijuana in California will become reality if voters approve Proposition 64 on November 8. The proposed law makes the possession, cultivation, use, and sale of cannabis legal for adults 21 and older. Recreational marijuana is widely supported by Californians.Source: Marijuana Legalization: California Likely To Approve Proposition 64 Making Recreational Cannabis Legal...

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05 Nov

The election might not end on Tuesday night — and that’s okay

Edward B. Foley, a law professor at Ohio State University, is author of “Ballot Battles: The History of Disputed Elections in the United States.Source: The election might not end on Tuesday night — and that’s okay...

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05 Nov

U.S. Supreme Court Allows Arizona To Enforce Ban On Ballot-Collecting

Reversing a one-day-old appeals court ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court says Arizona can enforce its law banning the collection of early-voting ballots by political campaigners. The ruling means that in Arizona, the practice that critics call "ballot harvesting" will be a felony in Tuesday's election.Source: U.S. Supreme Court Allows Arizona To Enforce Ban On Ballot-Collecting...

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05 Nov

Welcome to an Unprecedented Election Day Experiment

This Election Day will be different—regardless of how it ends. This time, for the first time, you won’t have to wait until the polls close to find out what happened while they were open.Source: Welcome to an Unprecedented Election Day Experiment...

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04 Nov

Why Americans are voting early, more often

In some states, two-thirds of voters have turned in their ballots. The surge suggests Americans particularly value their role in the electoral process when stakes are high. Every Election Day for as long as he can remember, Angel Del Carpio would head to the polls and cast his vote.Source: Why Americans are voting early, more often...

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04 Nov

Another Trump legacy: How we may be seeing the last of pols’ tax returns

Source: Another Trump legacy: How we may be seeing the last of pols' tax returns...

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04 Nov

How to fix Congress? Make representatives accountable to voters.

Ellen L. Weintraub is a commissioner on the Federal Election Commission. What sentiment unites supporters of candidates as diverse as Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders? Disgust with the way we fund our elections.Source: How to fix Congress? Make representatives accountable to voters....

16:08 / blog / Pocket / Audrey Perry Martin

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04 Nov

This Congress has spent one million hours raising money

Imagine you were just put in charge of a corporation with a $6 billion budget and more than 20,000 employees that had the ability to control $4 trillion in market activity.Source: This Congress has spent one million hours raising money...

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04 Nov

UPDATE: Federal elections to cost just under $7 billion, CRP forecasts

Spoiler alert: This year’s election is getting even more pricey. We reran the numbers, and have a new-and-improved prediction for the total cost of the 2016 federal election: at least $6.9 billion, about $350 million more than we predicted last week.Source: UPDATE: Federal elections to cost just under $7 billion, CRP forecasts...

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04 Nov

The 8 Greatest Political Money Scandals in American History

Remember these characters in American political history? As the presidential campaign between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton winds down, we’ve weathered more than a year of insults, accusations of lying, charges of sexual assault, and allegations of financial impropriety surrounding both canSource: The 8 Greatest Political Money Scandals in American History...

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