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Independent news and information on important legislation. From immigration reform to appropriations bills to new energy regulations, we take an in-depth look at the most important bills on the national, state, and local levels that will have a lasting impact on voters.

Attacking Citizen Ballot Initiatives Only Deteriorates Democracy Further

Nearly all of the most monumental and beneficial changes to political structures across the country have come at the behest of the people. From independent redistricting to anti-corruption measures, v...

The Citizen Ballot Initiative Process Is Under Attack

The ballot measure process has been critical to the success of nonpartisan reforms across the country. However, according to new research by RepresentUs, 11 states have proposed over 60 laws to make i...

The Electoral Count Act: What It Is and Why So Many Want to Update It

Two years after the highly contested 2020 election, the controversy over the integrity of the process and the response to the election results is still on full display in our nation’s capital. A new p...

Should Election Day Be A National Holiday?

The Freedom to Vote Act, which would make a number of major changes to election law in the United States, is could come up for a vote soon. The bill includes a number of provisions, including a ban on...

California Permanently Adopts Universal Vote-by-Mail, But Ignores Bigger Voting Rights Problem

California is now the largest state to permanently adopt universal mail-in ballot distribution. Governor Gavin Newsom signed the measure into law Monday. While it goes a long way to increase voter par...

All Aboard The Freedom to Vote Act Train

It’s January 2021, there’s a new president in D.C., a new Senate majority and a Democratic majority crowing about how voting rights is their top priority, even making the For the People Act their firs...

Reform It or Keep It? An Important Lesson from the History of the Filibuster

Change can be challenging, particularly in the political arena. A deeply rooted history only adds to that challenge. The filibuster is an excellent case-in-point. It allows senators to prohibit a bill...

As We Move Toward Normalcy, We Must Continue Prioritizing Workers

After more than a year of economic suffering that has left millions of Americans reeling from the devastating effects of unemployment, the end finally appears to be in sight. While the upward trends t...

HR1/S1 Hypocrisy: Under The Guise of ‘For the People’, Democrats Support Voters Rights, But Suppress Voter Choice

With S1 going to markup before the U.S. Senate Rules Committee on Tuesday, May 11, the inherent hypocrisy behind HR1/S1 - the ‘For the People Act’ must be called out. But it won't happen as part of th...

HR 1 Exacts Partisan Political Advantage in Exchange for Desperately Needed Voting Rights

U.S. democracy is in existential crisis. The country already suffers from unrepresentative winner-take-all, single-seat-district legislative elections, a two-party duopoly, partisan gerrymandering, th...

Social Media Regulation and Big Tech: Where Do We Go From Here?

January 6, 2021 was — to borrow a line from a famous speech by former president Franklin Roosevelt — a day which will live in infamy. Two days later, Twitter announced that it had permanently banned @...

Transparency Advocates Say HR 1 Exposes and Diminishes Foreign Influence in US Elections

The House on Wednesday, March 3, passed HR 1, also known as the "For The People Act," which provides sweeping reform to US elections, including on the subjects of gerrymandering, election security, an...
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