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Let it never be said that New Hampshire isn’t full of some of the most brilliant and principled people on Planet Earth. Need proof? I’ve got it for you, in the below video. That’s right, the complete and much ballyhooed video release of the Keenevention 2015 Tech Panel is here!
Joined by the lovely and hyper-intelligent Dr. Stephanie Murphy, The Rebel Love Show’s Rob Matthias, LBRY.io‘s Jeremy Kauffman, brilliant tech consultant Steve Zemanek, and Oracle’s own Denis Goddard, this is a talk not to be missed by anyone. From discussing the tech scene in New Hampshire, to job prospects, to what …read more

This Toronto Sun column explores what is likely to happen next if Canada changes its electoral system. The column summarizes the views of Canadian Green Party leaders and Conservative Party leaders who oppose Instant Runoff Voting and who worry that the government (which is controlled by the Liberal Party) will switch to Instant Runoff Voting and might not even hold a referendum. Greens, of course, want proportional representation. …read more

On January 15, the Utah Republican Party filed a new lawsuit over how the party nominates candidates. The new lawsuit is Utah Republican Party v Herbert, 2:16cv-38, and is assigned to Judge David Nuffer.
The party had filed a lawsuit with the same name on December 1, 2014, in the same court, before the same judge. That lawsuit ended with a decision that the party could not be forced to let independent voters vote in its primaries. And it resulted in an interpretation that when candidates petition to get on the Republican primary ballot, only registered Republicans may …read more

Las Vegas, NV — In a blatant abuse of authority, a Las Vegas cop was recently caught on cell phone video pepper-spraying a group of high school students. Instead of committing a crime or threatening the officer’s safety, the teens were simply asking why he was physically assaulting an 8th grader when he suddenly fired pepper spray into their eyes.
On Friday, a student recorded a cell phone video of a Las Vegas police officer slamming an eighth-grade student’s head against the hood of his patrol car while pulling the kid’s hair. The 8th grader had been taken into custody after …read more

Scientific research continues to uncover an astonishing number of ways in which medical cannabis can treat human ailments. The latest is a clinical study conducted by Israeli researchers which found that cannabis is “a promising treatment option” for those suffering from Alzheimer’s Disease.
This degenerative neurological disease affects more than five million Americans and is ranked as the sixth leading cause of death in the U.S. Women comprise about two-thirds of those affected with this devastating condition.
The study was carried out by researchers at Abarbanel Mental Health Center and the Sackler Faculty of Medicine at Tel-Aviv University. Results of the month-long …read more

On January 15, a Kansas state trial court issued an opinion in Belenky v Kobach, Shawnee Co. 2013-cv-1331. The Secretary of State had promulgated a regulation saying that voters who registered to vote in Kansas using the federal voter registration form can only vote for federal office. He set up a dual registration list, one for voters who used the state form, and one for voters who used the federal form.
After the lawsuit was underway, the Secretary of State put the plaintiff-voters in this lawsuit on the roster to vote in all elections, not just federal elections. …read more

Los Angeles, CA — Assemblyman Mike Gatto Southern of California lawmaker introduced legislation this week that would require owners of drones to get insurance and license plates, similar to the requirements for motor vehicles. The bill is called the Drone Registration/Omnibus Negligence-prevention Enactment (DRONE) Act of 2016 and would tighten the restrictions on personal drones even further than they have been already.
“If cars have license plates and insurance, drones should have the equivalent, so they can be properly identified, and owners can be held financially responsible, whenever injuries, interference, or property damage occurs,” Gatto told CBS.
The bill has technical requirements …read more

According to this story, there is some feeling in the Utah legislture that a bill should be passed to let voters sign more than one primary petition for the same office. Currently a voter can only sign one primary petition for a particular office. …read more

On January 14, 2016, proponents of an Ohio initiative sued Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted over his actions involving the validity of the initiative. Ohio law says that if proponents of an initiative submit a petition signed by 3% of the last gubernatorial vote, the idea for the initiative must be sent to the legislature. The legislature has four months to either enact some version of the idea, or reject it entirely. Then, if the proponents are unhappy with the legislature’s action, they must submit another 3% petition. Then, the issue is put on the …read more