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Early Voting In Vermont Kicked Off This Week
In Vermont, registered voters can already vote for president of the United States. Early voting for the November 3 general election began on Monday, September 21.
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Mitt Romney Open To Voting In A New Supreme Court Justice This Year
U.S. Senator Mitt Romney says he would vote to confirm a Supreme Court justice this year — as long as he approves of the justice. The announcement means Republicans may have 51 votes to confirm a nominee regardless of what happens in the November 3 presidential election. That's
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Political Prediction Site Tilts Maine U.S. Senate Race To Democrat
The chances of Susan Collins winning Maine just got a little worse, according to one projection. The political newsletter Sabato's Crystal Ball, which predicts outcomes in congressional races, is now giving the edge to the Democrat.
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Elizabeth Warren Comes Out In Favor of Ranked-Choice Voting
Elizabeth Warren favors ranked-choice voting. The Democratic Massachusetts senator came out in favor of in an op-ed for the Boston Globe that features her name and U.S. Representative Jamie Raskin, a Democrat from Maryland, as a shared byline.
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Wire Service Calls ROE Act Abortion Expansion Bill ‘Popular’
A news service that covers the Massachusetts Legislature called the proposed ROE Act abortion expansion measure "a popular bill dealing with abortion access that has been bottled up in a Democrat-controlled committee for 20 months." State House News Service also reported Monday that the executive director of NARAL
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Richard Neal Says Massachusetts Likely Won’t Lose Any Congressional Districts Following The 2020 U.S. Census
How many seats in the U.S. House of Representatives will Massachusetts have after 2020? Most likely the same number as it does now: nine. That's what U.S. Representative Richard Neal (D-Springfield) thinks, at least, according to MassLive.
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Woods Hole Residents Seeking To Cancel 19th Century Scientist
Some residents of the seaside village of Woods Hole are trying to change the name of a street named after a 19th century scientist whose work helped launch one of the village's largest employers. About 280 residents of the town of Falmouth have signed the petition, according to
Commentary
A 12-Day Plan for Replacing Ruth Bader Ginsburg
I thought Ruth Bader Ginsburg would die of drowning. Those familiar with Robert K. Massie's description of the death of Rasputin in Nicholas and Alexandra or with the multi-step demises of certain tragic figures in Celtic mythology may get the idea. She seemed almost indestructible.
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