The Ontario Provincial government is working on their promise to allow municipalities to use Ranked Ballots in the 2018 elections ‘as an option’ which would be a timid step in the right direction. However, Toronto Mayoral lead Candidate John Tory is … http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/michael-d-nicula/canada-democracy_b_5918208.html
BEIJING (AP) — Taiwan, an island that China’s ruling Communist Party has long sought to bring into its fold under the same “one country, two systems” arrangement it has for Hong Kong, has thrown its support behind Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement. http://news.yahoo.com/taiwan-throws-support-behind-hk-democracy-demands-110832709.html
WASHINGTON (AP) — One lesson from Julia Pierson’s short tenure as director of the agency that protects the first family: The Secret Service can’t keep secrets from the president. http://news.yahoo.com/piersons-undoing-quick-support-vanished-070502185–politics.html