Posts Tagged Voting Process
Beyer and Other House Democrats Are Pushing Ranked Choice Voting
Posted by Nick Gilmore in Virginia's News on September 23, 2019
Should voters have more choices when they are at the polls? One Virginia congressman wants to create a new system of ranked choice voting. Michael Pope reports.
Debate Surrounding the Voting Process in Virginia Remains
Posted by Nick Gilmore in Virginia's News on March 15, 2017
Congressman Gerry Connolly, seen here at an election party last November, believes the voting process is broken. (Credit: Steve Helber / AP)
Do election officials have the equipment they need to prevent voters waiting in line for hours on end? One Virginia congressman says no, and he has a plan to fix it. But as Michael Pope reports, that plan may be headed for the same gridlock that confronts other changes to voting systems.
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From NPR News- Congressional Negotiators Reach Tentative Deal On $1.3 Trillion Spending Package December 12, 2019The tentative agreement would fund programs through the end of September 2020 and avoid a government shutdown. Federal agencies run out of money at midnight on December 20.
- Senate Passes Armenia Genocide Measure, Ignoring White House Objections December 12, 2019The Senate resolution recognizes the killing of 1.5 million Armenians by the Ottoman Empire between 1915 and 1923. Turkey condemned the move saying it has put the U.S.-Turkey relationship at risk.
- Major League Baseball Drops Marijuana, Adds Opioids, Cocaine To 'Drugs Of Abuse' List December 12, 2019The changes follow the death of Los Angeles Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs, who was found with opioids and alcohol in his system.
- McDonald's Not Responsible For How Franchisees Treat Workers, U.S. Agency Rules December 12, 2019The federal labor law board held that McDonald's should not be held liable for labor practices of its franchisees. The ruling directed a judge to approve a settlement in a years-long union case.
- 'Acts Of Hate': Officials Say Jersey City Shooters Held Animus Toward Jews And Cops December 12, 2019New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal said investigators believe the deadly attacks were "potential acts of terrorism." Meanwhile, members of the Jewish community mourned their lost neighbors.
- Congressional Negotiators Reach Tentative Deal On $1.3 Trillion Spending Package December 12, 2019
- From BBC News
- Election results 2019: Tories on course to win majority - exit poll December 12, 2019The Tories are set to win a majority of 86 with Labour losing 71 seats, the general election exit poll suggests.
- Pound soars on exit poll forecast of Tory majority December 12, 2019Sterling surges 3% to its highest level since May on hopes the result will end Brexit uncertainty.
- White Island volcano: New Zealand troops airlift six bodies off island December 12, 2019An operation to recover the bodies of eight people killed on White Island began despite high risks.
- Trump impeachment: US House judiciary panel to vote December 12, 2019The judiciary committee debates two charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.
- New Jersey attack 'may be domestic terror fuelled by anti-Semitism' December 12, 2019The FBI is taking over the investigation into a gun attack on a Jewish supermarket in Jersey City.
- Election results 2019: Tories on course to win majority - exit poll December 12, 2019
