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Same Day Registration (SDR) allows eligible voters to register to vote and cast their ballots on the same day. Depending on the state, this one-stop process for registering and voting may be offered on Election Day, during the early voting period, or both.
Eligible voters can also use Same Day...
03/01/2013
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This Explainer explores how the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is used in measuring our economic growth and whether alternative measures are also needed to provide a more comprehensive outlook of economic progress.
What is GDP and How Is It Used?
GDP measures the output of goods and services...
01/29/2013
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This Demos Explainer explores the tension between political support for deficit reduction versus job creation and economic security policies.
Most available research indicates a significant difference in priorities between the majority of Americans and the affluent that comprise the political donor...
12/07/2012
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Former U.S. Representative Lincoln Davis, of Tennessee, knows something about elections and government, yet this year when he went to polls in his hometown where he’d been voting since 1995, he was denied the right to vote.
“We walked in and they told me I was not a registered voter. I had been...
11/06/2012
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A corporation is a legal structure that enables individuals to contribute and pool resources, capital, and labor in order to generate a profit. Corporations are created by state law in the state in which they are incorporated.
The corporate legal structure receives a number of advantages and...
10/24/2012
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