Word: nonpartisans
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...require its action and which, by any understanding of judicial restraint, could have been left to the other electoral safeguards available. If, as Scalia hinted, the court decides this case in Bush's favor on a 5-4 vote, the reputation of the court as a rational, nonpartisan voice above the fray will have been destroyed. It is ironic that the five justices in favor of the stay are traditional supporters of judicial restraint and have reversed their opinion in a dramatic and partisan moment. Already there is talk among Democratic Senators that the court will "pay" for such...
...good idea, but it's something almost no one expects to see. For one thing, it would require poor districts and rich ones to agree on what is affordable. "The states are rightly in charge," says Curtis Gans of the Committee for the Study of the American Electorate, a nonpartisan research group. But while Gans and other experts don't support a uniform nationwide voting method, they do favor measures such as design standards for all ballots. Ballots at every polling place could have a standard type size and style and be marked in the same spots for each office...
...undecided voter, I relied on your magazine to help me make my final decision. Your impartial, nonpartisan depictions of George W. Bush and Al Gore echoed my frustrations with the candidates [CAMPAIGN 2000, Nov. 6]. Thanks for the overview of the relevant issues and how they would impact voters. Like many other Americans, I was fed up with the negative advertising and meaningless character attacks that are so prevalent. This was the first time that I cast my vote in a presidential election, but the frustration caused by the decision-making process made me feel the experience was less than...
...attorney general, who Schauer said is not a "political ally or operative of the president or any party," also stressed the importance of addressing the issue in a nonpartisan manner...
...Miami-Dade County will start in on its 650,000 ballots Monday morning after a nonpartisan judge on the board changed her vote Friday. Is that Gore's treasure trove? Maybe not - only just over half those votes went for the vice president, with some 290,000 going for Bush. They promise to be done by December...