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The only place in the U.S. where ballots offered an unlimited number of candidates 60 years ago was in Cambridge, Mass. Shortly afterwards, dozens of additional liberal localities adopted their own

Long viewed as an intriguing, if somewhat wonky, approach to conducting elections, ranked choice voting — allowing voters to list candidates in order of preference instead of selecting just one — appears to be having a moment. Across the country, voters have adopted the system for municipal and county elections in each of the last 27 times the issue has been put to them. Nevada and Oregon — and perhaps Colorado and Idaho as well — will hold referendums on adopting the...

If the 2024 presidential election follows recent trends, it will be the most expensive campaign finance cycle in modern US history with figures that will likely ascend into the billions of dollars. And this has many voters concerned about the state of money in politics.

Bill before state Legislature has more support from Democrats, but could help both parties.

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Using the government to make sure there are no signs of religion around Christmas is in fact a war on Christmas.

Fox News previously reported that half of all donations in 2019 to ActBlue, the Democrat's funding arm, came from "untraceable, unemployed donors." Recent examination of data by [...]

Does the US Senate have the votes to stop a railroad strike?; now is the time to supersize college savings accounts; judicial nominees get grilled; Iowa counties try to regulate CO2 pipelines. Click to hear hour one of Need To Know With Jeff Angelo for Thursday, December 1, 2022.

MADISON, Wis. — It’s the race pitting two national figures against each other, former President Donald Trump backing Tim Michels, and former Vice President Mike Pence backing Rebecca Kleefisch. It will set up the Republican gubernatorial primary as a fight over how much influence Trump has in Wisconsin politics. “Certainly the Trump endorsement has been pretty good,” said John Pudner,...

Are the January 6th hearings hurting President Trump?; Americans think their diet is healthier than it is; a hearing on a Mississippi abortion trigger law; will women go to jail if abortion is banned? Click to hear hour one of Need To Know With Jeff Angelo for Wednesday, July 6, 2022.