“Stop straight ticket voting,” but why? In the June 5 edition of the Daily Journal, guest columnist Ronak Shah made his case for eliminating straight ticket voting. He states “It’s a practice that ...

Much has been made of the personalities and deficiencies of the candidates at the top of the ticket this November. However, far less attention was paid to the actual issues each candidate believed in ...

Leaders of an Indiana group aimed at supporting independent political candidates say the state’s time in the national congressional redistricting spotlight gives them hope that the Legislature will ...

Editor’s note: Opinion content is solely the opinion of that person and not the Daily Journal. A few years back, I was knocking on doors for a school board candidate I supported. It was a day of ...

A few years back, I was knocking on doors for a school board candidate I supported. It was a day of productive conversations about transportation, curriculum, funding, taxes, extracurriculars, school ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Taking advantage of their new control of the Illinois Legislature, some Democrats are trying to strengthen their political future by resurrecting straight-ticket voting. The very ...

It hasn’t gotten a lot of buzz yet, but a proposal in the Iowa House could change how a large chunk of Iowa voters cast their ballots. Rep. Peter Cownie, R-West Des Moines, has proposed doing away ...