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Paris votes to ban electric scooters

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

From " Parisians vote to ban rental e-scooters from French capital by huge margin ," Guardian: Parisians have voted to rid the streets of the French capital of rental electric scooters, with an overwhelming 90% of votes cast supporting a ban, official results show. Photo: Alamy. Reckless driving.

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Supreme Court Integrity and the Midterm Elections

Policy Chats

Ramos was elected as San Bernardino County’s District Attorney in 2003 and served in the position until 2019. You may think your vote doesn't count, but it does. Ramos was elected as San Bernardino County’s District Attorney in 2003 and served in the position until 2019. You may think your vote doesn't count, but it does.

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Supreme Court Integrity and the Midterm Elections

Policy Chats

Ramos was elected as San Bernardino County’s District Attorney in 2003 and served in the position until 2019. You may think your vote doesn't count, but it does. Every vote from a local school board race to the United States president is key to our society continuing to be what we are in the world.”.

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How AWS supports the 10th anniversary of National Voter Registration Day with digital tools for civic engagement

AWS Public Sector Blog

Founded in 2012, National Voter Registration Day is an annual civic holiday on which the nation focuses on registering Americans to exercise their most basic right – the right to vote. million Americans have registered to vote on the holiday. Read on to learn more about how organizations use AWS to make it simple to register to vote.

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She Wears Many Hats: Block Leadership and Civic Engagement with Jen Devor

Iron Sharpens Iron

From her work on the island of Point Breeze all the way to her citywide campaign for public office in 2019, Jen believes that being a good listener and making people feel heard are the secrets to building authentic relationships that stand the test of time… and neighborhood feuds.

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She Wears Many Hats: Block Leadership and Civic Engagement with Jen Devor

Iron Sharpens Iron

From her work on the island of Point Breeze all the way to her citywide campaign for public office in 2019, Jen believes that being a good listener and making people feel heard are the secrets to building authentic relationships that stand the test of time… and neighborhood feuds. Episode Transcript Here: [link].

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Shutdowns and continuing resolutions aren’t the answer of effective government

Partnership for Public Service

The full House and Senate still need to consider and vote on these bills. And since 1976, our government has shut down 21 times for at least a day, when Congress could not agree on appropriations or pass stopgap funding, including a partial government shutdown of 35 days in 2018-2019.