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2012
Dec. 22, 2012, 2:43 a.m.
There's still time to make your 2013 Membership contribution before the Dec. 31st tax deadline!
Nov. 28, 2012, 5:32 p.m.
The North Carolina General Assembly has biennial sessions with a regular long session in odd years and a short session held on even years.
Nov. 21, 2012, 7:14 p.m.
Read our November Common Ground E-Newsletter here...
Nov. 19, 2012, 10:23 p.m.
Over the past few years, the country has witnessed an abundance of legislation on both the state and national levels regarding same-sex marriage.
Nov. 16, 2012, 3:17 p.m.
During the 2012 election cycle, 1.5 million NEW users discovered Vote Smart adding to the millions already "voting smart."
Nov. 6, 2012, 7:05 p.m.
Find out if your state allows for same-day registration.
Nov. 2, 2012, 2:27 p.m.
Vote Smart announces today their added technological capacity which is now sufficient to handle the millions of undecided voters expected to use its award-winning candidate match tool, VoteEasy.
Oct. 22, 2012, 2:18 p.m.
VoteEasy is now available for voters in all 50 states.
Oct. 21, 2012, 2:41 p.m.
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Sept. 28, 2012, 9:04 p.m.
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Sept. 28, 2012, 8:42 p.m.
Find out if your state-level candidates have shown courage in their 2012 campaigns.
Aug. 16, 2012, 9:35 p.m.
For those of you living under rocks, Mitt Romney announced his running mate last Saturday – Wisconsin congressman Paul Ryan. You've probably heard a fair amount about Ryan, probably about his time spent as chair of the House Budget committee, and the budget proposal he crafted. But what about the information voters really want to know, like the fact that he's a fan of Monty Python*? At votesmart.org you can find out all you need to know (and more) about both vice-presidential contenders.
Aug. 1, 2012, 3:48 p.m.
With the the 2010 Citizens United v. Federal Elections Commission Supreme Court ruling, parts of four decades of campaign finance regulation were ruled unconstitutional.
July 27, 2012, 4:16 p.m.
The United States House Appropriations Committee recently approved the Fiscal Year 2013 Interior-Environment Appropriations Funding Bill.
July 27, 2012, 2:54 p.m.
The opening ceremony for the 2012 summer Olympics officially begins on Friday July 27th, but here at Project Vote Smart we’re interested in a different race – the Presidential Election. And while the 10,500 athletes are proudly representing their respective countries, Project Vote Smart staff and interns are hard at work researching the over 40,000 candidates and officials fighting to represent us.
July 18, 2012, 3:02 p.m.
At votesmart.org you can find out how your representatives feel about defense and defense spending in a few different ways:
July 5, 2012, 3:46 p.m.
We celebrate the 4th of July with parades, barbecues and fireworks and sometimes forget about the 14th of January, “Ratification Day”, which commemorates the ratification of the Treaty of Paris in 1784; 8 hard fought years after the Declaration of Independence was signed. And it wasn't just 8 years of suffering and sacrifice that secured the promise laid down in that original document. In many ways we're still fighting for it today.
June 27, 2012, 2:30 p.m.
The Supreme Court are expected to announce their decision on the constitutionality of The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 this week. Read some recent comments on this issue here.
June 12, 2012, 6:53 p.m.
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June 12, 2012, 2:11 p.m.
The February 26 shooting of Trayvon Martin has ignited a media firestorm surrounding so-called “stand your ground” or “castle doctrine” laws in the United States.
April 24, 2012, 2:45 p.m.
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April 17, 2012, 2:31 p.m.
At PVS, interns and staff contribute to a comprehensive research library of information on local and national politics, which can be easily utilized on the PVS website.
March 15, 2012, 8:05 p.m.
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Feb. 28, 2012, 3:38 p.m.
Legislators describe the difficulties of choosing sides in contentious and emotionally-charged debate.
Jan. 9, 2012, 3:33 p.m.
We released the 2012 Political Courage Test results today for Oregon's special election showing neither major party congressional candidate running for the state's 1st Congressional District seat was willing to answer even the most basic issue-related questions addressed inside the Test.
