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Despite Reform Gains, Partisan Interests Still Largely Control Redistricting Process
The Fulcrum

Despite Reform Gains, Partisan Interests Still Largely Control Redistricting Process

Next year's redistricting landscape is, at best, a mixed bag for good-governance advocates. Although the mapmaking process has become fairer and less politicized in a handful of states over the past decade, partisan gerrymandering will still have a profound impact...

Trump Is Right About Rigged Elections, But Maybe Not The Way You Think
Election Reform

Trump Is Right About Rigged Elections, But Maybe Not The Way You Think

"The whole thing is one big fix. It's one big fix. One big fix. It's one big ugly lie. It's one big fix."

4 New Voting Methods to Unrig the US Political Process
New Voting Methods

4 New Voting Methods to Unrig the US Political Process

One way to give voters more choice and greater confidence in their vote is to change the voting method used in elections. Since IVN will continue to cover these alternative voting methods like ranked choice voting and approval voting, it is important for people to understand...

Alaska Becomes First In The Nation to Approve Top-4 Primary with Ranked Choice Voting
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Alaska Becomes First In The Nation to Approve Top-4 Primary with Ranked Choice Voting

Alaska voters sent a clear message to state officials in the 2020 election: they want elections that better serve the interests of voters, and by doing so made history as the first state to approve a top-four nonpartisan primary with ranked choice voting in the general election. 

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Charles Koch: "Boy, Did We Screw Up"
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Charles Koch: "Boy, Did We Screw Up"

The state of extreme partisanship and policy paralysis is not lost on Koch, and in his new book, Believe In People, Koch says “boy, did we screw up.”

Andrew Yang Podcast: Your US Rep. Doesn't Care What You Think, But We Can Fix That
Election Reform

Andrew Yang Podcast: Your US Rep. Doesn't Care What You Think, But We Can Fix That

Many Americans are fed up with a political process that has produced no long-term solutions to the nation’s biggest problems. Despite being told the system is “of, by, and for” them, the reality is public officials have for a long time failed to deliver on that promise.

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Dictators Who Have Ruled in the Past – Is It Happening Again?
Deconstructed

Dictators Who Have Ruled in the Past – Is It Happening Again?

Kenneth C. Davis joins host T. J. O’Hara on Deconstructed to talk about his new book, Strongman: The Rise of Five Dictators and the Fall of Democracy. Mr. Davis is a renowned historian and also the author of Don't Know Much About History...

‘OMG WTF Does the Constitution ACTUALLY Say?’
Deconstructed

‘OMG WTF Does the Constitution ACTUALLY Say?’

Ben Sheehan joins host T.J. O’Hara on Deconstructed to discuss his new book, OMG WTF Does the Constitution Actually Say? – A Non-Boring Guide to How Our Democracy is Supposed to Work. You may think you know the origins of the “OMG WTF” acronyms...

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Taxpayers Could Take a Hit if SDG&E’s Franchise Expires in January
New Economy

Taxpayers Could Take a Hit if SDG&E’s Franchise Expires in January

OPINION: City officials have known about this deadline for 50 years, but here we are at the eleventh hour debating whether this council or the next should make a decision.

Hope On the Way: Here’s What You Need to Know About California’s COVID-19 Vaccine Plan
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Hope On the Way: Here’s What You Need to Know About California’s COVID-19 Vaccine Plan

As California faces a surge in coronavirus cases, vaccines may be weeks away with three drug companies reporting promising results.

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