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November Could Determine Future of Ranked Choice Voting in US Elections

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Arizona and Nevada not only are major battlegrounds in the presidential race, but voters there also will decide Nov. 5 whether the two states will adopt some incarnation of the process known as ranked choice voting. Six western states and the District of Columbia will vote on some form of ranked choice voting or “jungle primary” that includes ranking the final candidates, according to Ranked Vote and Unite America, which advocate the alternate election process.  Another state will consider ditching the ranked choice system. In most states, supporters and opponents…

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Jill Biden’s Momentous Choice

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This weekend, first lady Jill Biden has a momentous choice to make. Does she encourage her husband to overlook his personal well-being, recover from last week’s debate debacle, and keep up the campaign until November? Or does she persuade him to step aside, and yield the nomination to someone else? Biden isn’t the only first lady to face a choice like this one. As their wartime husbands undertook reelection campaigns, both Eleanor Roosevelt and Lady Bird Johnson faced difficult decisions, and they came to very different conclusions. Roosevelt supported her…

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Apparent Victory Rings Hollow for Group Opposing School Choice

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The effort to block a massive expansion of education choice in Arizona appears to be running out of steam. Beth Lewis, executive director of the anti-school choice group Save Our Schools Arizona, or SOS, put on her best game face Friday afternoon as she announced that her group has gathered enough signatures to put the recent expansion of Arizona’s Empowerment Scholarship Account program on the ballot for voters to decide. But it wasn’t hard to detect Lewis’ disappointment. Earlier this summer, Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey, a Republican, signed a bill…

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As Trump gaslights America about coronavirus, Republicans face a critical choice – CNN

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As Trump gaslights America about coronavirus, Republicans face a critical choice  CNN Anti-Trump Republicans set new goal of defeating the GOP Senate  Bangor Daily News Trump’s views — bleak about the U.S., rosy about coronavirus — put Republicans on the spot  TribLIVE ‘We’ve got to do something’: Republican rebels come together to take on Trump  The Guardian Republicans warn of ‘grim’ outlook for Trump in Florida  Financial Times View Full Coverage on Google News “us republicans” – Google News

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