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Electoral College v. The People - Infoplease.com - 0 views

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election electoral college vote

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  • Stephen Boyle on 15 Mar 12
     
    Four times in election history a candidate has won the popular vote and lost the election.
Stephen Boyle

Supreme Court Blocks Ban on Corporate Political Spending - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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Supreme Court Federal Election Commission Campaign spending

shared by Stephen Boyle on 12 Jan 12 - Cached
  • Stephen Boyle on 12 Jan 12
     
    Article from January 21, 2010 when CORPORATE PERSONHOOD became law and corporations were given the ability to spend as much as they would like on campaign funding for politicians,.
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Backers of emergency manager law repeal vote win a round in Michigan Appeals Court | De... - 0 views

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noconsent Financial Stability Agreement Emergency Manager ballot vote appeals

shared by Stephen Boyle on 14 Jun 12 - No Cached
  • Bob LaBrant of Citizens for Fiscal Responsibility, the group opposing the ballot initiative, said an appeal will be filed with the Michigan Supreme Court in the next one to two weeks. LaBrant said today’s ruling was not unexpected.If the repeal question is certified for the ballot, the emergency manager law will be suspended until the Nov. 6 election. But for that to happen, the State Board of Canvassers would have to meet and act as the appeals court has ordered. LaBrant said an appeal will be filed and the order will be stayed before the question is certified.
  • it believed that earlier case was wrongly decided.
  • Last week, a three-judge panel of the appeals court reluctantly ruled the question should go on the ballot, saying it was compelled to reach such a decision by a precedent set in an earlier case. But the panel unanimously said it believed that earlier case was wrongly decided.
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  • Today, the full panel rejected that step without stating its reasons.“The court orders that a special panel shall not be convened,” it said in a terse order.
  • Pugh noted that the consent agreement wasn't solely based on that law, and large portions of the city's deal with the state may stay in place no matter the impact of the court's ruling. Gov. Rick Snyder's administration has said much the same.
  • Stephen Boyle on 14 Jun 12
     
    A panel of seven judges from the State Board of Appeals will NOT be formed. This places the repeal of PA4 on the ballot for Nov 6. However Citizens for Fiscal Responsibility vows to have the order stayed and take the case to Michigan Supreme Court.
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