Ballot Initiative of the Day: Will New Hampshire Perma-Ban Income Taxes?
Only New Hampshire could come up with today’s Ballot Initiative–to quote the West Wing’s Sam Seaborn: “New Hampshire: live free–or cheap.”
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Ballot Initiative of the Day: Will Wyoming Resist Obamacare?
The US Supreme Court may have upheld most of ObamaCare as constitutional this summer, but Wyoming is pushing another avenue to challenge the health care law–a state constitutional amendment on the ballot Nov. 6.
Ballot Initiative of the Day: Will Oklahoma Ban Affirmative Action?
Last year Republican lawmakers in Oklahoma proposed State Question 759, also known as the Affirmative Action Ban Amendment, to prohibit affirmative action policies in state employment, education, and contracting. Next week voters will decide the measure’s fate.
Ballot Initiative of the Day: Will Louisiana Expand Gun Rights?
Louisiana–one of the most gun-friendly states in the nation–may make its gun rights even stronger on November 6.
Ballot Initiative of the Day: Florida’s Abortion Restriction Amendment
Abortion is always a divisive issue. On November 6, Floridians will vote on 11 constitutional amendments proposed by its GOP-controlled legislature, and Amendment 6, known as the Abortion Amendment, is the most controversial.
Ballot Initiative of the Day: California’s Death-Penalty Ban
Election Day 2012 will decide more than the next President and control of Congress. State ballot measures across the country will ask voters to weigh in on scores of controversial issues, from Dream Act measures in Maryland to abortion restrictions in Florida. From now until Nov. 6, TIME will spotlight a different ballot issue every day. …
Where President Romney Would Go to Church
Bishop Robert Nelson of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ in Chevy Chase, MD, isn’t exactly sure how to handle the casserole question. You see, the Mormon church is run by volunteers, and every member has a job: …
Conservatives Say Obama to Blame for Mideast Protests, Not Anti-Islam Film
As protests set off by an American anti-Islam film continued across the Mideast on Friday, several thousand conservatives gathered for the annual Values Voter Summit in Washington, where the global events have not escaped notice.
Obama, Romney Respond to New Poverty Data
Today the US Census Bureau announced that the nation’s poverty rate remained at 15% in 2011 after increasing each of the previous three year. President Obama and Mitt Romney both responded via online video messages.
Democrats’ Favorite Biblical Passage: Matthew 25
On Wednesday night at the DNC, Massachusetts Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren drew attention to a New Testament passage that has had increasing significance for the Democratic Party: the Gospel of Matthew, Chapter 25. “ ‘In as much as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me,’ ” she …
Watch: A Small Group of Mormons Rally for Obama
It is not every day that you run into a liberal Mormon. But on Tuesday, for the first time in history, Democratic members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints held a meeting at their party’s Convention. “We are here. We are Mormons and we support Democrats for Obama,” said Robert Taber, who leads the group Mormons for …
What the Ryan Pick Means for Religion and the Romney Campaign
When Mitt Romney named Paul Ryan as his running made on Saturday, he clearly differentiated his fiscal policy from that of President Obama — but his choice of Ryan also said something important about how the candidate views the …
Virginia’s Virgil Goode: Could this Man Cost Mitt Romney the Presidency?
Virgil Goode glides through the doors of a McDonald’s in Farmville, VA, at 11:52 am and instantly three construction workers in the back booth rise to their feet. “I’ve been wanting to shake your hand a long time, sir,” says …