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Understanding Israel’s Huge Protests Against Netanyahu’s Democracy-Ending Ploys

February 14, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Opposition deputies protest as the first stage of controversial judicial reform is approved by the Knesset Law Committee on Feb. 13, 2023.

Demonstrations in Israel since January have drawn hundreds of thousands of protesters denouncing Prime Minister Netanyahu’s proposal to emasculate the Supreme Court and threaten the essence of the country’s government.

Unnecessary ‘Proof of Citizenship’ Voting Laws May Surge Under Trump, Suppressing Turnout

November 19, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 24 Comments

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Some lawmakers have been emboldened both by President Donald Trump’s false claim that millions of noncitizens voted in 2016 and by his creation of a panel to investigate alleged fraud.

Against Mayor’s Opposition, Palm Coast Council Discovers Public Input at Workshops

February 16, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

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For the first time in 17 years the Palm Coast City Council will join other local governments in allowing public participation at council workshops, where most of the decisions are made, not just at “regular” meetings.

When Liberal Democracy Isn’t All It’s Cracked Up to Be

May 14, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Delacroix's ' La Liberté guidant le peuple,' Liberty Leading the People, from 1830).

The puzzle is not why democracy so often turns out to be illiberal. It is that liberal democracy can ever emerge.

When Not Voting Is The Loudest Vote

August 24, 2010 | Pierre Tristam | 7 Comments

Voting is neither a virtue nor a responsibility. It is a neutral civil right. Not voting is a right of equal weight, a choice as defensible as the choice to vote. Both are exercises in freedom.

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