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Written in collaboration with the Ohio Voter Rights Coalition Civic engagement doesn’t begin and end at the ballot box. While voting is a critical part of making your voice heard, the work isn’t over after the first Tuesday in November. Whether that involves engaging in activism, advocacy, education, or something else, Antoinette Asimus from the Ohio Voter Rights Coalition provided a list of suggestions for keeping civically engaged after the election. Join a local organization Asimus recommended several groups that center around voting and voters rights: - League of Women Voters - Cincinnati Area - Ohio Voter Rights Coalition -...

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) said Jan. 16 that President Donald Trump broke the law when he withheld aid from Ukraine. The union for that “independent, nonpartisan” agency naturally supports Democrats. Just don’t expect the media to tell you about it.

In today’s political landscape, it seems like anything even remotely conservative is branded “far-right” by the left, while left-wing views are treated as if they’re the default. The media is advertising a supposedly “non-partisan” organization that Michelle Obama is backing ahead of the midterms, but the organization is not only partisan, it’s explicitly partisan in one direction. The group is called “When We All Vote” and aims to register as many people as possible to vote before the midterms. The group has an $8 million budget, which will be raised through corporate sponsorships and foundation grants. In other words, by...

Michigan Teachers and Allies for Change (M-TAC), which MLive described as “a grassroots organization started by Ann Arbor Public Schools teachers and parents,” was in the news last week for a rally in Ann Arbor seeking more money for public schools. According to MLive, the group is "non-partisan and is not affiliated with a union." The featured politicians on the stage at the rally were all Democrats: Lisa Brown, who is running for Lt. Governor, State Rep. Jeff Irwin, D-Ann Arbor, State Sen. Rebekah Warren, D-Ann Arbor, State Rep. Gretchen Driskell, D-Saline; and State Rep. Adam Zemke, D-Ann Arbor. MLive...

Sometimes I recoil a little when somebody declares that there can be an American president greater than George Washington. Henry “Light-Horse Harry” Lee declared Washington, “First in the hearts of his countrymen.” Washington is great for many things, but perhaps he is greatest for the manner in which he surrendered power not once but twice. One of the best recent commentaries written on Washington is David Boaz’s, “The Man Who Would Not Be King.” In the piece from 2006, Boaz wonderfully sums up the depth of Washington’s immense character and what that means for liberty and America. The entire commentary...

The Texas communications director for Enroll America has resigned after a conservative watchdog group posted a video of him discussing his Democratic leanings. A spokesman for the self-proclaimed non-profit, non-partisan group, which is leading efforts to enroll Americans in ObamaCare, confirmed to FoxNews.com Chris Tarango has resigned after the video by Project Veritas was posted online.

New group hopes to emphasize non-partisan solutionsBy Kevin Bohn and Jessica Yellin, CNN December 13, 2010 10:25 a.m. EST Washington (CNN) -- New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, an Independent, joins several leading Democrats, Republicans and other Independent political leaders in the launch of a new group that hopes to find non-partisan solutions to some of the nation's problems and to impact the next Congressional session. The organization, known as No Labels, kicked off Monday in New York with a series of panels discussing some key political problems in America, such as hyper-partisanship and electoral reform. During the day the group's...

Patrick Gavin at Politico captured revelations from a Thursday interview Chris Matthews granted at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in DC. On his show: "Obviously, I think I'm the best. But each one of the other people think they're the best, too....I think I'm the best, generally....There's no doubt about it, in fact, but other people have different views....'Hardball' is absolutely nonpartisan." How then, does Matthews explain his Thrill Up My Leg reputation? Is he a journalist? He says yes: "Absolutely. I have to deal with facts every night. I have to cover the news every night."

Looking for inside questions to ask non-partisan candidates like judges, auditors and county commissioners.

After creating a huge post regarding all the different ways that the left shuffles funding around towards NPR, I realized it was probably a bit too long and I thought there might be a better way. So here is a visual which should help make it easier:

This is a web page from a friend. Looking for input.

How does a voter become educated on the politics of the judges who appear on the ballot each election?I've always passed on these races because I've never known who the good guys were.Can someone share their methods for determining what judges to vote for?

Washington, DC -- Another analysis from a nonpartisan group shows Barack Obama misrepresented his votes in the Illinois legislature against bills to provide medical care for newborns who survive failed abortions. The analysis says a pro-life group was right and that an Obama ad on the issue was misleading.

This may not seem like your mother's League of Women Voters. The 86-year-old league, so often regarded as the epitome of good-government wonkery, will wade into pointedly political territory during its four-day national convention, which begins today in Minneapolis. Immigration policy, the death penalty and a move to upend the Electoral College are on the convention agenda. And the featured speaker at the convention's banquet on Monday is Garrison Keillor, the homegrown humorist who has long and loudly been a defiantly partisan Democrat. "We're looking forward to what he has to say, but just because he's a Democrat, you can...

(PRWEB) October 26, 2004 -- An Undecided Voter Form is now available at the site of Scipolicy-The Journal of Science and Health Policy, http://scipolicy.net. It is presented as a public service and strictly non-partisan method of analyzing one's personal perspectives about the candidates for President of the United States. The election is on Tuesday, November 2, 2004. It is not a poll or a survey. It is a voter's personal inventory, analysis, and assessment of the candidates. The author is Stephen Miles Sacks, Ph.D. who is Editor and Publisher of Scipolicy Journal (http://scipolicy.net). "The form-analysis is an adaptation of the...

BOSTON - Howard Dean (news - web sites) isn't running for president anymore, but you'd never know it from the reception he got Sunday night. Speaking to a crowd of young voters at a party sponsored by Rock the Vote and Democratic Gain, Dean was welcomed like a rock star. He could barely get through the crowd. Once he reached the stage, with his shirt sleeves characteristically rolled up above the elbows, he was greeted with chants of "Dean, Dean, Dean" echoing back to his rallies this past winter, when the former Vermont governor was running for the Democratic nomination....

NAACP: Nonpartisan Branch of the Democratic Party By Andrew L. Jaffee, July 16, 2004 Home   Search   Forum   Terms NAACP Chairman Julian Bond claims his organization is “nonpartisan” while at the same time using vitriolic rhetoric to attack the Bush administration. Why would President Bush wish to speak before the NAACP after the way in which they’ve treated him? Some claim Bush should swallow his pride and speak before the group in the interest of “outreach.” I would argue that Bush has already engaged in more outreach than any other administration in U.S. history: 2001: President George W. Bush appoints: Condoleezza Rice, Assistant...

Documentary film-maker Michael Moore won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival for Fahrenheit 911, not because the awards jury wanted to endorse his politics, but because it was "the best film at the festival" according to festival jurist Quentin Tarantino. Never mind that Moore immediately said he hoped his film "would affect the outcome of the 2004 election." We are still supposed to believe that the film was judged on its artistic merits, and nothing else. Add this to some other remarkable facts that we are supposed to believe about the "non-partisan" nature of other efforts to enlighten...

Petition in Support of a Non-Partisan, Solution-Oriented 9/11 Commission"If we open a quarrel between the past and the present, we shall find we have lost the future." Winston Churchill - June 18, 1940We, the undersigned, object to using the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States to assign blame for the 9/11 attacks anywhere other than where it properly belongs: on Osama Bin Laden and his terrorist network. The purpose of the commission is to improve our security and intelligence capability to better prevent future attacks. The commission should return to focusing on the future, instead of playing...

"If we open a quarrel between the past and the present, we shall find we have lost the future." Winston Churchill - June 18, 1940 We, the undersigned, object to using the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States to assign blame for the 9/11 attacks anywhere other than where it properly belongs: on Osama Bin Laden and his terrorist network. The purpose of the commission is to improve our security and intelligence capability to better prevent future attacks. The commission should return to focusing on the future, instead of playing a blame-game about the past.