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How do the Republicans' recent laws make it harder for Democratic voters to vote?

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Do poor people, people of color, and elderly have difficulty in obtaining ID in the US?

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Prior to COVID-19, had any country fiscally targeted unvaccinated individuals?

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Why don't some governments trust people when they tell them they live at a particular address?

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Did the U.S. lose the war against the Taliban? [closed]

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Why first world countries have astonishing amount of foreign debts, but third world countries don't?

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If everyone knows NATO can beat Russia using conventional weapons, doesn’t that force them to rapidly escalate to nuclear to have any chance?

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What countries have several heads of state with equal power?

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Why did some places with a large population become states within a country when other places with smaller populations became countries of their own?

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Why does the U.S. Census deliberately transfer population to neighboring census blocks?

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What explains Trump's gains with Latino voters in the 2020 US presidential election?

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modified Dec 29 '21 at 21:05 TCooper 368

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Why doesn't the US Census consider Hispanic a race?

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Has anyone besides the EU classified nuclear as a "green investment"?

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How many traits of an ideology must someone showcase to receive the label of that ideology? [closed]

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Is telling lies a part and parcel of politics?

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EU ETS: if within-EU flight emissions are limited to climate goals, does a person choosing to fly add to emissions?

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answered Jan 3 at 23:55 Barmar 7,578

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Does North Korea get permission to test-fly weapons over China and Russia? (if it indeed does)

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Now that entering the Bundestag is limited to vaccinated parliamentarians, (how) can unvaccinated ones still participate?

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US Constitution amendment restriction on Senate - is there a way around it?

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What is the difference between non-alignment and neutrality?

international-relations terminology

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Why is Buckinghamshire Council so enormous?

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Peaceful Futures for Russia and Ukraine

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Proportion of Rhode Island's Part-Time Legislature That are Lawyers

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"I'd shut it down now"; Mitt Romney's articulated justification and proposed means for shutting down the Nord Stream 2 pipeline?

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Do coalition partners in German parliament always sit next to each other?

parliament germany procedure

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Why does India continue to be a single country without splitting up into many?

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Does reservation based affirmative action really help in reducing inequality?

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Can the effect of US voter ID and registration laws on fraud be compared state-to-state?

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Is there any public health system that registers both biological sex and gender in the medical records?

healthcare public-health gender

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How has demonetization affected India in hindsight?

economy india currency

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Why is the Afghan currency stronger than the Pakistani currency?

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4th Circuit court: North Carolina laws "targeted blacks with almost surgical precision" after "they got rid of preclearance after Shelby County"?

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Are There Countries Beside The USA That Have Partisan Elected Officials Run Elections?

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answered Jan 12 at 20:32 Dan 195

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Why is China the world leader in the number of patents produced? (2020)

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Does the Supreme Court have a responsibility to save lives?

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Is "rebuttable presumption" a new thing in US foreign policy? (presumption of Xinjiang forced labor)

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Can the US Federal Government order a judge-led inquiry into a matter of public concern?

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How valid are the motives for Russia poisoning Skripal, and other "dissidents and opposition" [closed]

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Could Mali pay by themselves a mercenary army?

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How to Look for Evidence Supporting/Rejecting the Claims in a News Article? [closed]

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What was the US public's perception of Reality Winner's leaks? [closed]

united-states whistleblowers nsa

modified Dec 23 '21 at 11:10 F1Krazy 1,343

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Are there election systems where voters cast a vote on the final composition of the legislature, rather than individual parties or candidates?

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Are there any explicit laws which define to what extent citizens can carry out a peaceful protest?

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Is there any example of gender identity replacing sex at birth in a census, outside of UK?

gender census

answered Jan 10 at 14:56 tim 31.5k

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Would the US postal service be open on election day were election day made a legal public holiday?

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What are "original struggles" according to the Belgian Ecolo party?

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