Special Elections

Race To Succeed Giffords Hinges On Social Security

The Huffington Post | John Celock | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Ron Barber, Social Security, Matt Heinz, Philip Rotundi, Ron-Barber-Gabrielle-Giffords, National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare, Medicare, Arizona Politics, Jesse Kelly, Special Elections, Paul Ryan Budget, Video, Politics News

The race to succeed Gabrielle Giffords in Congress has turned into a localized debate over the future of Social Security and Medicare. Ron Barber,...

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We Should All Vote by Mail Because I Love Cauliflower Soup

Jessica Levinson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Politics News, Politics, California, Voter Turnout, Voters, Vote-by-Mail, Jerry Brown, Mail-in-Elections, Special Elections, Politics News
Jessica Levinson

I love cauliflower soup, what is the problem? I love Cauliflower soup. I am not prone to hyperbole. I truly love it. I lose track of time when I'm ea...

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Let The People Choose Their Senators

David O. Stewart | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Senator Russ Feingold, Constitution, Senators, Constitutional Amendments, Democracy, Vice President Biden, Blagojevich, Ted Kaufman, Michael Bennett, Kristen Gillibrand, Elections, Beau Biden, Seventeenth Amendment, Special Elections, Politics News
David O. Stewart

Special elections are a lot of trouble and expense: Democracy is a lot of trouble and expense. Despotism is simple. In the eighteenth century, it was difficult to manage elections. Not today.

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House Candidate Geoghegan: Senate Appointments Violate Constitution

New York Times | Thomas Geoghegan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Valenti v. Rockefeller, Roland Burris, Senate Appointments, Blagojevich Senate Appointment, 17th Amendment, Special Elections, Chicago News

IN 2009 four new senators will slip into office -- all in violation of the Constitution, which requires a special election to fill a Senate vacancy. C...

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