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A recent Los Angeles School Board runoff election in one district had an usual feature: a private group had said every voter who voted in that particular race would have his or her name entered into a lottery, and the winner would get $25,000. This Los Angeles Times story describes the event. The initial winner is a woman who declined the money, so the lottery organizers then drew a second name. Thanks to Rick Hasen for the link. …read more

We are excited to announce that users can now place market orders on Coinbase Exchange.

Market orders provide a fast and convenient way to trade on Coinbase Exchange. In contrast to limit orders, which are filled based on a desired price or not at all, market orders are filled immediately at the best available price.

It’s easy to place a market order:

Select ‘Buy’ or ‘Sell’ on the order ticket
Select ‘Market’
Enter the amount you would like to transact
Click the ‘Place order’ button to confirm your order

We’re working hard to make Coinbase Exchange the best place to trade bitcoin. If there is …read more

“Until the philosophy which holds one race superior and another inferior is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned…..everything is war”
-Bob Marley
Columbia, SC — Recently, the United States is seemingly experiencing a flashback to a dark time in the country’s history; a time where the color of your skin meant people treated you differently.
Unfortunately, it seems that Americans are once again choosing to focus on the color of a person’s skin, and the resultant divide being created is worrisome.
What happened to the advice of Martin Luther King Jr., who asked us to judge a man by the content of his character, …read more

Delavan, Illinois – This week, Tim McGraw, CEO of the marijuana firm Revolution Enterprises, paid for hotel rooms to house the victims of a tornado that passed through Illinois.
The tornado damaged over 50 homes, with nearly a dozen completely destroyed, according to the town’s mayor Liz Skinner. Luckily, no one was killed in the tornado, which reached speeds of over 120 miles per hour and traveled over a mile through the town, causing millions of dollars in damage.
Revolution Enterprises was recently established in Delavan, and has not even had the opportunity to open yet. The business just started growing plants …read more

Soap Lake, WA — Gavin Seim is no stranger to calling out government for violating the law. Seim is a liberty activist, speaker and former US Congressional challenger from Washington state. He is a devoted activist who is not afraid to go toe to toe with would-be tyrants.
Seim has made it his mission to expose police in Washington who are violating the law by impersonating citizens. The Washington State Law, states that it is unlawful for police officers to drive unmarked vehicles.
There are a few exemptions but they are for State police only and they do not apply to patrol …read more

The Arkansas Green Party recently submitted 1,600 signatures to be on the Arkansas ballot for President in 2016. The law requires 1,000 for that purpose. …read more

The United Independent Party is a ballot-qualified party in Massachusetts. However, Massachusetts requires every qualified party to do one of two things to remain ballot-qualified: (1) poll 3% for any statewide race; (2) have registration equal to 1% of the state total.
The United Independent Party, formed in 2014, does not expect to have a presidential nominee in 2016. It is only interested in Massachusetts state government issues. And in 2016, there are no other statewide races on the ballot in Massachusetts. Therefore, the party will lose its status unless it can get its registration up …read more

Georgetown, Texas – Officer George Bermudez was fired from the Georgetown police department after it was discovered that he intentionally and maliciously tampered with a fellow officer’s weapon. The situation began on February 2nd when Bermudez was asked to pick up another officer’s weapon from the Williamson County Firearms Range where they were practicing.
The rifle was left behind by Officer David Lanier, but instead of picking the weapon up and doing him a favor, Bermudez took the rifle to the Guns Plus gun shop in Georgetown and requested that the clerk make very specific and dangerous modifications to the gun. …read more

Florida: Vendor Tries To Save Red Light Cameras Despite Accident RiseThe Newspaper.com
Hollywood, FL — Accidents are up at the intersections with red light cameras in Hollywood, Florida, but American Traffic Solutions (ATS) is desperate to keep the troubled system alive. City commissioners last week unanimously approved an ordinance to dump the controversial devices, only to back away from the resolution after ATS proposed a last-minute deal. The company will, in effect, pay the council to ignore the city police chief’s warning about the impact of automated ticketing since January 2011.
“Just so we’re clear, we looked at empirical data, we did …read more