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Silicon Valley entrepreneur and software developer Ron K. Unz has set off sparks in recent election seasons by financing campaigns to get rid of bilingual education through various statewide ballot initiatives.

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The bottom line is that Slate screwed up by publishing this in the first place, and by adding more kooky misinformation to an already addled election season.

«Unfriending someone entirely may feel a bit too harsh,» she says, but if people in your social circles are regularly posting negative content (especially during election season), you could get a much - needed mental break by engaging with them less frequently.

One thing, however, is very different about this season's presidential campaign: an explosion of election spending by groups known as super PACs.

Hosted by CNN (TWX) and Facebook (FB), the first Democratic debate of the 2016 election season averaged 15.3 million total viewers, according to Nielsen's numbers.

Lynch leaves office following a nearly two - year tenure marked by massacres carried out by violent extremists, including the shootings at a nightclub in Orlando, Florida; persistent hacking from overseas, including Russian government efforts to meddle in the U.S. presidential election; and an election - season investigation into Hillary Clinton's email server that entangled the Justice Department in presidential politics and led to criticism for her ill - timed meeting on an airport tarmac with former President Bill Clinton.

On Twitter, a Russian - created account that falsely claimed to be controlled by Tennessee's Republican Party attracted more than 100,000 followers during the election season.

... we remain bullish due to global growth and a cyclical U.S. market recovery propelled by (1) a strong earnings announcement season, (2) gradually improving private (vs. government) job creation and (3) the impending mid-term elections, launching a 26 - month rally until the next Presidential election.

This June, just as the election season was gearing up, Facebook tweaked its algorithm to play down posts from news outlets and to increase updates shared by friends and family.

-- «Goodbye, neighborhood polling places — 5 counties switch to mega-vote centers,» by CALmatters» Rhonda Lyons: «This election season five California counties are doing away with hundreds of neighborhood polling places and replacing them with fewer «one - stop vote centers» — an experiment sold by Democrats as a way to save money and boost anemic voter turnout from the last midterm elections.»

Political endorsements by pastors have been few and far between this election season.

In an article which appeared as early as December in The Los Angeles Times, he began by complaining — a little prematurely, it might be thought — that «for some who were most enthusiastic eight months ago about the choice of Joseph Ratzinger as pope, this Christmas season has continued a period of waiting — some becoming a bit impatient — for Benedict XVI to fulfil more of the promise of his election.»

«We have a very reliable team for next season but besides Aleix Vidal another player will join,» he said, «The club is not paralysed by the election process and is making sporting plans for coach Luis Enrique.

Coq may not be my favourite player (far from it) but he is held in high regard by pro's, hence his election to the PL team of the season.

The Reform Party, a ballot line formed last year by Republican gubernatorial nominee Rob Astorino, filed its first campaign finance report since it was rechristened this election season, showing a single, massive donation from a limited liability company.

It has been widely asserted that the 2013 party conference season has been characterised by a widening of the gap between the parties and a vacating of the centre ground in favour of moves to more partisan territory as the general election nears.

James rapidly emerged as a candidate who could possibly win appointment by the Legislature and continue into the general election season.

During an election marked by turmoil over term limits and a tempestuous Democratic primary season, Queens Republicans last week gained two seats in the City Council and solidified their hold over a third in a borough where the GOP is heavily outnumbered.

With the elections season drawing closer by the day, the political ads just don't stop coming.

Regardless of any other advantages he possessed in the 2008 election season, Obama's ability to raise as much money as his campaign could reasonably absorb, in part by returning to the small donors who stuck with him again and again through the worst, was decisive — it elevated him to the first tier of candidates in 2007, it saw him through rough times in the Democratic primaries and it provided the means for him to absolutely overwhelm John McCain in the general election.

With inclement weather and Christmas holiday season, it was not the ideal time for a by - election campaign - although those were clearly equal handicaps for all parties.

The departures come at the end of a heated election season, during which the firm, which is headed by Scott Levenson, worked for a host of campaigns, including the «Anybody But Quinn» effort on behalf of New Yorkers for Clean Livable And Safe Streets and other donors, which has been credited with helping to bring down former City Council Speaker Christine Quinn in the mayor's race.

Stony Point Town Board votes 4 - 1 to approve the new law EDITORIAL BY GEORGE POTANOVIC, JR., President of Stony Point Action Committee for the Environment (Space) In an effort to curb the increasing clutter of lawn signs and political campaign signs that have become larger and more numerous during each election season, the Stony Point -LSB-...]

It's a fair election season play in a year that saw the Town Board's only elected Democrat leave for the county Legislature and be replaced by Conservative Jim Dinizio.

The truth is that Gov. Cuomo has played a slight of hand game with both parties since becoming Governor and now with the election season drawing nearer his base will show they have a longer memory than he might have counted on when he failed to back Democratic Senate candidates and let if not openly encouraged the IDC Coalition to come into being by acting like Party didn't count at all in his game plain to win re-election and then possibly run for President in 2016.

It is important to remind us that this National Register of Voters has been used to conduct the 2011 and 2015 general elections, as well as several re-run, off - season and by - elections.

WASHINGTON (AP)-- Questioned intently by a Senate committee, President Donald Trump's son struck a firmly unapologetic tone, deflected many queries and said he didn't think there was anything wrong with meeting a Russian lawyer at Trump Tower in hopes of election - season dirt on Hillary Clinton, according to transcripts released Wednesday.

Party conference season and German elections make it even less likely that the UK will be in a position to finalise these «red lines» by October, say some.

BY MICHAEL RICONDA New City — Preserve Rockland, which is running candidates for various local elections in Clarkstown, is facing a challenge to their candidates» petitions in the latest of several election season court battles.

The price to vote remain should be an offer by the parties to abolish the fixed - term parliament act and a gerneral election in October, after the party conference season.

This election season we're working to change that by mobilizing New York's massive network of plugged - in «twitteratti».»

Besides, he observed, «it is the first off - season governorship election in Nigeria to be combined with a State Constituency By - election.»

Paladino ran for Governor of New York in 2010 and turned in a surprising Republican Primary victory in an election season fueled by Tea Party populism.

The Liberal Democrats are marking the start of their conference season by saying they will increase NHS funding by # 1bn over two years if they win the next election.

BY MICHAEL CAHILL New York's 17th Congressional District will be getting a new leader this election season as Congressman Eliot Engel has been drawn out of the district.

In at least one case this election season, a candidate has suggested unethical behavior by the district attorney and his son.

ALBANY — Fractured state Senate Democrats on Wednesday ended their longstanding hostilities by reunifying ahead of a high - stakes election season.

In an election season that has been highlighted by a candidate that is under FBI investigation for the 2nd time in the presidential race, and a congressional race that has been engulfed by negative ads, this stands apart.

The Woodstock Republican Committee at its September 15 caucus injected new life into the local electoral season by choosing independent candidate Lorin Rose for town supervisor over Jeremy Wilber, the freshly minted Democratic nominee, and endorsing the Town Board candidacies of Peter Cross and Ken Panza, who will face incumbent councilman Jay Wenk in a three - way race for two seats in the fall election.

«1 in 4 U.S. employees negatively affected by political talk at work this election season, finds new survey: Younger workers in particular experiencing diminished productivity, more stress.»

Here it is, the news you've been waiting for since Ryan Murphy announced that the next season of American Horror Story would be inspired by the 2016 presidential election.

As the rituals of election - season civics lessons were disrupted by the ugly rhetoric of the campaign, teachers struggled to accommodate political conversation and free speech, while rejecting divisive language and supporting their students.

Jess: While I was really disappointed and saddened by the whole election season and the outcome of it, I was really glad to be at HGSE.

In a November survey of 10,000 teachers, also by Teaching Tolerance, the proportion of teachers nervous to teach about the election and the post-election season rose a little higher to 46 percent.

-LSB-...] By Dr. Peter M. Nelson — Penn State University College of Education With election season underway, it is easy to see differences in the way our leaders think about education.

By Dr. Peter M. Nelson — Penn State University College of Education With election season underway, it...

But «moving on» isn't going to help Americans to address the tensions and issues raised by the long campaign season and the election itself.

Issue 8 is a special issue composed entirely of black - and - white posters by artists, that respond to the political turmoil of the present moment — USA today, in crisis in an election season.

Photo: Thomas Mueller The New Museum is to present «Your Land / My Land: Election» 12,» (2012) an installation by artist Jonathan Horowitz to coincide with the 2012 American presidential electionElection» 12,» (2012) an installation by artist Jonathan Horowitz to coincide with the 2012 American presidential electionelection season.

Scheduled over the course of the 2016 presidential election season, works by Zoë Buckman, Paula Crown, Maria Gaspar, Nari Ward, and Carrie Mae Weems will be displayed on public bus benches throughout Wicker Park Bucktown, for this exclusive engagement with a Chicago audience.