Is the founder of Demand Progress. He is also a Contributing Editor to. And on the Council of Advisors to The Rules. He is a frequent television commentator and the author of numerous articles on a variety of topics, especially the corrupting influence of big money on institutions including nonprofits. He has also developed the site theinfo. Now widely used for publishing news stories.

In einigen Bundesländern ist die Höhe des Zustimmungsquorums für Bürgerentscheide nach der Einwohnerzahl gestaffelt. So gilt in Nordrhein-Westfalen für Städte bis 50. 000 Einwohner ein Zustimmungsquroum von 20 Prozent, zwischen 50. 000 Einwohnern beträgt das Quroum 15 Prozent und ab 100. 001 Einwohnern beträgt es 10 Prozent.

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Our Democracy is hampered by a voting system that poorly reflects the will of its electorate, one that often forces us to choose between the lesser of two evils. But there are alternative systems, approval voting and score voting, which can do the job better. Thursday, December 12, 2013. Bring Approval Voting to Oregon! In the last few years, legislative efforts to enact approval voting have been stymied in Arizona.

Sunday, February 14, 2016. Why Beyonce Cannot Be Taken Seriously. The Beyonce halftime performance at Superbowl 50, and the subsequent aftermath were hard for me to watch without my blood boiling. My consternation was not driven by the angst of some White Americans necessarily, or the calls for an anti-Beyonce protest. Although those arguments have merit. I am one of the few black Americans who recognizes the hypocrisy of this whole mess. Should, or more importantly, can anyone take this woman seriously? .

Thursday, August 7, 2014. One deputy representing the disabled.