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Nonpartisanship, also known as nonpartisanism, is a lack of affiliation with, and a lack of bias towards, a political party. [1]While an Oxford English Dictionary definition of partisan includes adherents of a party, cause, person, etc., [2] in most cases, nonpartisan refers specifically to political party connections rather than being the strict antonym of "partisan".
It is the only state in the United States with a nonpartisan legislature. Louisiana uses a nonpartisan blanket primary , also called a "jungle primary", for state and local offices. In this system, all candidates run against each other regardless of party affiliation during the primary, and then the two most popular candidates run against each ...
HJR 31 proposes "amendments to the State Constitution to require members of a district school board to be elected in a partisan election rather than a nonpartisan election." The amendment is ...
Many state and local offices, particularly in the judiciary, are officially nonpartisan, providing opportunities for independents to succeed. [40] For example, state superintendents of schools or city council members are normally politicians who identify as independent or with no party at all.
According to political analyst James Fallows in The Atlantic (based on a "note from someone with many decades' experience in national politics"), bipartisanship is a phenomenon belonging to a two-party system such as the political system of the United States and does not apply to a parliamentary system (such as Great Britain) since the minority party is not involved in helping write ...
In this context, "nonpartisan" means that the organization, by US tax law, is prohibited from supporting or opposing political candidates, parties, and in some cases other votes like propositions, directly or indirectly, but does not mean that the organization cannot take positions on political issues. [2]
This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in pursuance thereof; and all treaties made, or which shall be made, under the authority of the United States, shall be the supreme law of the land; and the judges in every state shall be bound thereby, anything in the constitution or laws of any state to the contrary ...
The bill from Rep. Julianne Young would define “gender” as a synonym for “sex” and not as “a synonym for gender identity, an internal sense of gender, experienced gender, gender ...