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Trump protest is big, but offers no way forward

Hundreds joined a protest against President-elect Donald Trump at the Statehouse on November 10. The turnout was encouraging. The messaging probably gave protesters a needed catharsis. But more needs to be done to direct the momentum into…

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Abolish the Electoral College

For the sixth time in our history, a candidate for President of the United States may have won the popular vote and lost the White House.


This must end.


While the nation—and much of the world—shudders at the thought of a Donald…

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Election Day Report from Ohio #2

According to Green Party election observer Tekla Lewin, at Columbus precinct 13-A,B,C, the Godman Guild, six out of 17 voting machines have been taken offline because they are running out of the paper tape that is the only paper trail for any…

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Election Day Report from Ohio #1

Election Day report from Columbus:


We are getting few early reports from Franklin County (Columbus) Ohio that voters are being offered provisional ballots when the lines are long at the polling sites. This happened to Free Press Editor Bob…

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