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    500,000 Primary Ballots Rejected in 2020. Trump Won By Less Than 80,000 Votes In 2016. Terrifying.
    Sylvia Gillpatrick
    • Aug 25, 2020
    • 1 min

    500,000 Primary Ballots Rejected in 2020. Trump Won By Less Than 80,000 Votes In 2016. Terrifying.

    More than 500,000 mail ballots were rejected in the primaries. That could make the difference in battleground states this fall. We need...
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    An Avalanche of Voter Suppression
    Sylvia Gillpatrick
    • Aug 21, 2020
    • 1 min

    An Avalanche of Voter Suppression

    . . . It is almost impossible to overstate the vast number of ways to prevent American from voting. Vote Save America has a great article...
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    Obama's First Wave of Endorsements Is In!
    Sylvia Gillpatrick
    • Aug 7, 2020
    • 1 min

    Obama's First Wave of Endorsements Is In!

    President Obama has released the first wave of his 2020 endorsements. I will get them onto the individual state pages for Adopting a...
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    Electoral College and History of Racism in US
    Sylvia Gillpatrick
    • Aug 4, 2020
    • 1 min

    Electoral College and History of Racism in US

    As our revived national conversation on race has made clear, the legacies of slavery and white supremacy run wide and deep in American ...
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    States May Curb ‘Faithless Electors,’ Supreme Court Rules
    Sylvia Gillpatrick
    • Jul 22, 2020
    • 1 min

    States May Curb ‘Faithless Electors,’ Supreme Court Rules

    WASHINGTON — States can require members of the Electoral College to cast their votes for the presidential candidates they had pledged...
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    US Postal Service in Danger
    Sylvia Gillpatrick
    • Apr 5, 2020
    • 3 min

    US Postal Service in Danger

    • Congress: House Democrats, led by Oversight and Reform Committee chairwoman Carolyn Maloney, have warned that the U.S. Postal Service...
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    MOVIE: Gerrymandering in Michigan
    Sylvia Gillpatrick
    • Apr 5, 2020
    • 1 min

    MOVIE: Gerrymandering in Michigan

    On Friday, the documentary feature film "Slay the Dragon," which explores gerrymandering and the successful effort to eliminate it in...
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    Wisconsin -- a Battleground State -- Is Holding Election on April 7, Getting Sued Already
    Sylvia Gillpatrick
    • Apr 2, 2020
    • 1 min

    Wisconsin -- a Battleground State -- Is Holding Election on April 7, Getting Sued Already

    "The Democratic lawsuit argues that because of mounting coronavirus cases and a statewide ban on gatherings of more than 10 people, ...
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    Super Tuesday -- Biden vs. Sanders
    Sylvia Gillpatrick
    • Mar 4, 2020
    • 1 min

    Super Tuesday -- Biden vs. Sanders

    Joe Biden powered to a dominating sweep of the South and surprisingly strong showings in New England and the Upper Midwest on Tuesday...
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    Delegate Counting in Democratic Nominations
    Sylvia Gillpatrick
    • Mar 4, 2020
    • 1 min

    Delegate Counting in Democratic Nominations

    "To become the Democratic Party’s nominee, a candidate needs to win 1,991 of the party’s delegates. Here’s how that happens. Democrats ...
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    Republican Propaganda on Facebook
    Sylvia Gillpatrick
    • Feb 20, 2020
    • 1 min

    Republican Propaganda on Facebook

    Facebook created “Project P” — for propaganda — in the hectic weeks after the 2016 presidential election and quickly found dozens of...
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    Great Ideas from Virginia to Make Voting Easy
    Sylvia Gillpatrick
    • Feb 17, 2020
    • 6 min

    Great Ideas from Virginia to Make Voting Easy

    Virginia is leading the way to get fair voting practices in place in their state. This is a great summary of the actions and the impact...
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    Sylvia Gillpatrick
    • Jan 7, 2020
    • 1 min

    Russian Disinformation Targeting US Veterans

    Russian trolls are targeting American veterans, and Trump’s government isn’t helping, group says
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    Republicans Tried to Rig the Vote in Michigan – But ‘Political Novices’ Just Defeated Them
    Sylvia Gillpatrick
    • Nov 28, 2019
    • 1 min

    Republicans Tried to Rig the Vote in Michigan – But ‘Political Novices’ Just Defeated Them

    n 2016, Katie Fahey, a Michigan woman with no political experience, put up a Facebook post asking if anyone she knew wanted to do...
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    Facebook Allows Political Ads to Mislead and Lie
    Sylvia Gillpatrick
    • Nov 22, 2019
    • 1 min

    Facebook Allows Political Ads to Mislead and Lie

    As Facebook cracked down on disinformation flooding its social media platforms, executives decided to codify a key loophole: Politicians...
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    WHAT TO DO TO DUMP TRUMP  . . . NOW!
    Sylvia Gillpatrick
    • Nov 11, 2019
    • 2 min

    WHAT TO DO TO DUMP TRUMP . . . NOW!

    One year out -- Donate to organizations that are dedicated to getting out the vote, building a campaign and hiring volunteers for...
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    HOW GERRYMANDERING WORKS
    Sylvia Gillpatrick
    • Nov 11, 2019
    • 2 min

    HOW GERRYMANDERING WORKS

    Pretty simple really. You just draw the lines in a way that make sure that the minority party, usually Republicans, win. Here is how this...
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    WHERE, AND HOW, IS IT DIFFICULT for AMERICANS TO VOTE
    Sylvia Gillpatrick
    • Nov 11, 2019
    • 1 min

    WHERE, AND HOW, IS IT DIFFICULT for AMERICANS TO VOTE

    It is head-spinning to realize all the ways that voting is manipulated and suppressed in American elections. I had no idea. This is a...
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    500,000 Primary Ballots Rejected in 2020. Trump Won By Less Than 80,000 Votes In 2016. Terrifying.
    Sylvia Gillpatrick
    • Aug 25, 2020
    • 1 min

    500,000 Primary Ballots Rejected in 2020. Trump Won By Less Than 80,000 Votes In 2016. Terrifying.

    More than 500,000 mail ballots were rejected in the primaries. That could make the difference in battleground states this fall. We need...
    1 view0 comments
    An Avalanche of Voter Suppression
    Sylvia Gillpatrick
    • Aug 21, 2020
    • 1 min

    An Avalanche of Voter Suppression

    . . . It is almost impossible to overstate the vast number of ways to prevent American from voting. Vote Save America has a great article...
    1 view0 comments
    500,000 Primary Ballots Rejected in 2020. Trump Won By Less Than 80,000 Votes In 2016. Terrifying.
    Sylvia Gillpatrick
    • Aug 25, 2020
    • 1 min

    500,000 Primary Ballots Rejected in 2020. Trump Won By Less Than 80,000 Votes In 2016. Terrifying.

    More than 500,000 mail ballots were rejected in the primaries. That could make the difference in battleground states this fall. We need...
    1 view0 comments
    An Avalanche of Voter Suppression
    Sylvia Gillpatrick
    • Aug 21, 2020
    • 1 min

    An Avalanche of Voter Suppression

    . . . It is almost impossible to overstate the vast number of ways to prevent American from voting. Vote Save America has a great article...
    1 view0 comments

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