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Hatch Act for Federal Employees A small group of federal employees are subject to greater restrictions and continue to be prohibited from engaging in partisan political management and partisan political campaigns. A federal employee may contribute to the campaign of a partisan candidate, or to a political party or organization. Agencies/Employees Prohibited From Engaging in Partisan Political Activity www.osc.gov /ha_fed.htm   (1257 words)

League of Women Voters of Elmhurst IL League of Women Voters of Elmhurst IL The League is a nonpartisan political organization. The League of Women Voters, a non-partisan political organization, encourages the informed and active participation of citizens in government, works to increase understanding of major public policy issues, and influences public policy through education and advocacy. The League as an organization does not support or oppose any political party, candidate for elective office (whether running under a party designation or in a "non-partisan" election.) - -League of Women Voters of U.S. Participation in the activities of the political parties is an essential ingredient of citizen responsibility. www.lwvelmhurst.org /AboutLWV.asp   (636 words)

Chapter 6 - Partisan Gerrymandering Partisan (or political) gerrymandering is the drawing of electoral district lines in a manner that discriminates against a political party. Bandemer, 478 U.S. The Supreme Court held that partisan gerrymandering was a justiciable issue, but ruled that a violation of the Equal Protection Clause by the Indiana legislature had not been proven. Partisan gerrymandering is a justiciable issue and may be held unconstitutional if it has a sufficiently discriminatory effect. www.senate.leg.state.mn.us /departments/scr/redist/red2000/ch5parti.htm   (2302 words)

ipedia.com: Non-partisan democracy Article Non-partisan democracy (or no-party democracy) is a system of representative government or organization whereby universal and periodic elections (by secret ballot) take place without reference to political parties or even the speeches, campaigns, nominations, or other apparatus commonly associated with democracy. Non-partisan democracy is a system of representative government or organization whereby universal and periodic elections take place without reference to political parties or even the speeches, campaig... A no-party democracy might take root in sovereign nations, such as occurred in Uganda in 1986, whereby political parties are restricted by a constitutional referendum endorsed by the people of the country (this system does not have all of the features described above). www.ipedia.com /non_partisan_democracy.html   (418 words)

"The Future of the League of Women Voters," 1921 If the local centers of partisan political activity functioned vigorously and provided the American nation with a sufficient means of informing, unfolding and clarifying popular opinion, party politicians would not fear the competition of a League of Women Voters and such a League would be deprived of its clearest title to existence. A League of Women Voters which competes, no matter how prudently and provisionally, with the absolute authority which the national parities are entitled to exert on the political decisions of their members is to that extent a menace to American institutions. Instead of discrediting the League, as he intended, the Governor’s indictment of its objects will intensify its appeal to those of the newly enfranchised voters who believe that the bestowal of political power on women can be made to contribute a positively new element to the standards and practices of American politics. womhist.binghamton.edu /socm/doc14.htm   (1405 words)

Partisan War Syndrome -- In These Times And third is Partisan War Syndrome - the misconception even in supposedly "progressive" circles that substance is irrelevant when it comes to both electoral success and, far more damaging, to actually building a serious, long-lasting political movement. But as a trait of the grassroots and not just the party, Partisan War Syndrome could be positively devastating not just for issue advocacy, but also for Democrats' political aspirations as well. This is the syndrome resulting from the shellshock of the partisan wars that marked the Clinton presidency. www.inthesetimes.com /site/main/article/2354   (3083 words)

Americans United: Religion, Partisan Politics And Tax Exemption If some politicians and Religious Right activists have their way, however, people in the pews might soon be doing other things during services – listening to partisan political speeches, being solicited for campaign contributions and getting instructions about whom to vote for on Election Day. Federal tax law is serving our nation's religious community well, preventing houses of worship from being sullied by partisan politicking or from becoming cogs in political machines. If a voter guide produced by an outside group is determined to be partisan and is distributed in a house of worship, the IRS has the legal right to assess penalties even though the house of worship did not produce the guide. www.au.org /site/PageServer?pagename=resources_brochure_partisanpolitics   (1892 words)

Justice and Peace: Houses of worship and political campaign activity After passing a campaign finance reform measure last year, Congress is now considering legislation that would allow religious organizations to use their tax-exempt contributions to support partisan political activity and to endorse candidates. Churches, synagogues, temples and mosques should not be used as political headquarters or as a means of partisan fund-raising for political activities. Donations to houses of worship are tax-deductible because the government assumes that their work is contributing to the common good of society, not to a particular political party or a partisan campaign. www.ucc.org /justice/how.htm   (606 words)

Partisan Review Books Consistently challenging the tide of trendy political opinion, the writings in A Partisan Century are a barometer of the shifting currents of culture and politics in this century. Drawn from more than sixty years of commentary in America's most influential literary and cultural journal, A Partisan Century collects some of the greatest political essays published in Partisan Review since its founding in 1934. This collection of provocative essays, chosen by the editors of one of America's most distinguished and lively literary journals of opinion, challenges the assumptions and mythologies that surround the controversial issues of political correctness, multiculturalism, diversity, the curriculum, and the canon. www.bu.edu /partisanreview/books/index.html   (606 words)

Non-partisan Policy -Board members may not engage in any partisan, political activities, which will cause them to be publicly identified as supporting any candidate for office or any political party. They may neither sponsor nor hold fundraising events or attend coffees for a political candidate. -Board members may neither seek nor hold any elective partisan office. www.lwv-suffolkcounty.org /non-partisan.htm   (1411 words)

LWV-Calvert Co., MD: Action and Advocacy Issues League members may seek an active role in the nomination of candidates for public office, run for office, stimulate public discussion of candidates and their views during the campaign, urge citizen commitment to parties and candidates by means of political contributions and, in general, take part in the political activities of their choice. The League's purpose is "to promote political responsibility through informed and active participation in government and to act on selected government issues." It urges all its members to become fully informed about candidates and issues and it encourages all members to work actively in the party of their choice (see page 2 for exceptions).. The League believes that the goals of social policy should promote self-sufficiency for individuals and families, and that the most effective programs are those designed to prevent or reduce poverty. www.bcpl.net /~lwv/calv/action.html   (1098 words)

IAM Local Lodge No. 1526 The Machinists Non-Partisan Political League (MNPL) is the political arm of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers. It was created in 1947 to allow IAM members to gather individual contributions, coordinate political activity and elect candidates who support IAM members and their families. www.iam1526.org /mnpl.htm   (157 words)

Stewards' Guide Section 13 The Machinists Non-Partisan Political League is the political arm of the union in the United States. The Machinists Non-Partisan Political League was founded in 1947 to aid the election of these friendly candidates. We can’t get good laws passed unless friendly candidates are elected to Congress and state offices. www.iam2208.org /section_13.htm   (683 words)

The Glenbow Museum > Jack Ford The newspapers aimed to raise the political consciousness of Albertans, and to promote the farmer-labour political movement in the province, through the espousal of the programs of the Alberta Non-Partisan League and the United Farmers of Alberta political arm. The series also consists of booklets and tracts collected by the organization, related to the American Non-Partisan League, Bolshevism, the farmers' movement, proportional representation, Labour and People's Churches, the United Farmers of Alberta, socialism, and other topics. -Jack Ford was an organizer of the Non-Partisan League, and the business manager of the League's official paper, The Nutcracker, which was renamed the Alberta Non-Partisan in 1917. www.glenbow.org /collections/search/findingAids/archhtm/ford.cfm   (1126 words)

Partisan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia An adherent to a political party or political faction; especially, having the character of blind, passionate, or unreasonable adherence to a party; as, blinded by partisan zeal. Look up Partisan in Wiktionary, the free dictionary This is a disambiguation page—a list of articles associated with the same title. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Partisan   (128 words)

Partisan Jab: Special RNC Edition Music For America Partisan Jab's own Jason Woliner was given the honor of shooting three promotional spots for the program. Also, Partisan Jab firmly endorses the Pleasure Boat Captains For Truth. If you've got ideas for future PARTISAN JABs, feel free to drop a comment on this one and we'll take it under advisement. www.musicforamerica.org /jab   (389 words)

OpinionJournal - John Fund on the Trail If Gallup is right that "a person's party identification is generally the most powerful predictor of his or her political behavior," then the country is still very evenly split in partisan terms. A similar survey of 26,000 registered voters taken by the polling firm of Ipsos-Reid and the Cook Political Report also found an almost exact even split in partisan identification. Democrats can take heart from the fact that if you use the Gallup study to look at all the states, they have a partisan identification edge in 21 states with a total of 283 electoral votes--more than the 270 needed to elect a president. www.opinionjournal.com /diary?id=110002993   (1321 words)

The Stranger Seattle News Feature Soiled The underlying political issues at stake in the face-off between Gore and Bush are irrelevant, as are the basic partisan differences between the candidates' approaches to the election debacle. From the first inexplicable reversals of the exit-poll results to the bitterly divisive, partisan decisions of the Supreme Court, the first election of the new American millennium is rife with crookedness: lost ballot boxes, voter intimidation, dubious ballots, questionable tabulation machines... As defined by Columbia Encyclopedia, political corruption is "fraud connected with elections." To America, as the prime defender of First World moralities, the architecture of the election became the principal locus and proving ground of government corruption--the process by which the Third World nation earned its mark of shame. www.thestranger.com /seattle/Content?oid=5954   (1208 words)

Policy Statement In this case, the charity is engaging in a prohibited partisan political activity because although the director paid for that edition of the newsletter, it is an official publication of the charity and is being used to promote a candidate for an election. In this case, the distribution of the leaflets is a prohibited partisan political activity because it could mobilize public opinion against the current government for failing to enact the private members bill. This interview is not a political activity because the research director did not arrange a media campaign to publicize the charity's conclusion that the law should be changed; she simply explained what she said to the elected representatives. www.cra-arc.gc.ca /tax/charities/policy/cps/cps-022-e.html   (1208 words)

alibi . may 20 - 26, 2004 Partisan game-playing is business as usual for Wilson and it wouldn't be so sickening if only she would lay off the smug prudishness and save her self-righteous diatribes for real issues like this miserable war in Iraq. It is plainly she and the recklessly arrogant men in the White House who view this war as a game, and it is they who will share in paying the political price for it in November. Apparently Wilson wants us to believe that when constituents who don't agree with her engage in the political process they're just playing "games." www.alibi.com /editorial/section_display.php?di=2004-05-20&scn=news#8167   (1208 words)

MyDD :: Partisan, Political Blogosphere Traffic Rankings Political Wire not only lists itself as a partisan Democratic blog, but it links to lefty blogs far more often than it links right wing blogs. Using the blogad traffic rankings as my source (since these involve money, as far as I am concerned no other ranking system matters), I have produced a list of the fifty most trafficked partisan, political blogs that can be considered part of a larger leftist or rightist network. The blog must have a blogroll, or at least frequently quote from other political blogs, or else it is not considered to be participating within a larger network (thus, sites such as Metafilter and Roger Simon are not included). www.mydd.com /story/2005/2/27/16243/2951   (1168 words)

Non-Partisan League Although the league itself had disappeared as a political force by 1921, its influence continued to be felt in western Canada. The league became a political force in the Prairie provinces after its 1916 victory in the North Dakota state election. The league hoped to replace the party system with a form of direct democracy where CABINET domination of the legislature would be replaced by control of MLAs by their individual constituencies. www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0005771   (168 words)

wilentz-s-12-20.html By the time of the Ashe incident, Hines had been involved in neo-Confederate activities for well over a decade, as an activist in the Sons of Confederate Veterans and, even more flamboyantly, as managing editor of and contributor to the notorious pro-slavery magazine Southern Partisan. Although Hines apparently no longer has any formal connection to Southern Partisan, he is still a featured speaker at neo-Confederate meetings, where he is touted as "a former South Carolina state legislator and everyday Confederate." But like some sort of shameful partisan ghost, the spirit of that alliance still haunts the Republicans, and will continue to for a long time to come. www.prospect.org /print-friendly/webfeatures/2002/12/wilentz-s-12-20.html   (168 words)

Arguing the World -- Additional Resources Essays The Partisan Review writers and their City College acolytes fused these two tremendous energies into a radical critique of an American capitalist society in crisis, hoping to provide a path out of the darkness of the Depression. Though this attitude was, in part, a mark of the naivete of a group of young writers bent on political revolution, it left a lasting imprint on the group which led to a life-long political engagement with the central issues of their day. The articles in Partisan Review were both densely written and wide-ranging in their scope. www.pbs.org /arguing/resources_essays.html   (168 words)

Cmu. 340. Week 2 Overheads. Role of the Press in this new political system: Editors emerge as key political organizer [in part because candidates cannot do it for themselves] and newspaper becomes official voice of the party. In chapter 1 of Commercialization: There are many examples of the types of partisan advocacy we are talking about. Lastly, remember that we need to look at the press of the early 19th century/early 1800s from the vantage point of those who lived then. faculty.washington.edu /baldasty/week2340.htm   (743 words)

Free Press : Issues : Bias In the early days of the American republic, the government used subsides and printing contracts to encourage the development a robust, free-wheeling and highly partisan press, existing to detail, analyze, and critique the activities of the government and political parties. The idea of non-political journalism was unthinkable; presenting a diversity of opinions and ideologies was seen as necessary to the function of democracy. Democracy would be better served by a media that is rambunctious, diverse and partisan. www.freepress.net /issues/bias   (610 words)

Objective International News Sources? - MysticWicks Online Pagan Community and Pagan Forums And frankly, the world press is even LESS objective than the US press (if that were possible), since the US is the only major country without an actively and openly partisan press. Most of the European press is either owned directly by political parties or affiliated openly with political parties. That's the most actively openly partisan press I have ever seen. www.mysticwicks.com /showthread.php?t=74873   (911 words)

The Varieties of Media Bias, Part 1 - Who threw the first punch in the press bias brawl? By Jack Shafer He wanted to communicate a political message directly to the public: that the liberal press was out of touch with what he called "middle America." Or, to put it another way, he used the age-old resentment of the press to punish the liberal elite. Others in the press corps didn't think there was anything untoward about giving political advice to Goldwater opponent Lyndon Johnson. FDR called the press "200 percent Republican." Harry Truman liked to say that publishers and editors were Republicans but that all their Washington reporters were Democrats. slate.msn.com /id/2078200   (1397 words)

Multi-party system - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Unlike a single-party system (or a non-partisan democracy), it encourages the general constituency to form multiple distinct, officially recognized groups, generally called political parties. A multi-party system is a type of political party system. A multi-party system is essential for representative democracies, because it prevents the leadership of a single party from setting policy without challenge. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Multi-party_system   (313 words)

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