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Mass. Voters May Get Ranked Choice Voting on the 2020 Ballot
Mass. Voters May Get Ranked Choice Voting on the 2020 Ballot
Voter Choice Massachusetts is proposing a ballot initiative to implement ranked choice voting statewide. The group has filed language with the state attorney general ahead of Wednesday's deadline.Inde ...
10 Aug, 2019
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Disappointing, But Not Unexpected: Court Leaves Gerrymandering Reform to States; So Let’s Get to Work
Disappointing, But Not Unexpected: Court Leaves Gerrymandering Reform to States; So Let’s Get to Work
The Supreme Court’s decision to punt on partisan gerrymandering (RUCHO ET AL. v. COMMON CAUSE ET AL.) was discouraging for many in the electoral reform movement, but really should not have come as a s ...
01 Aug, 2019
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2019 Unrig Summit Celebrates Historic Victories Over Two-Party Duopoly
2019 Unrig Summit Celebrates Historic Victories Over Two-Party Duopoly
A Roadmap to A Better DemocracyBy: Wes MessamoreReform activists from around the country gathered in the Country Music Capital of the World –– Nashville, Tennessee –– over the last weekend in March to ...
08 Apr, 2019
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The Second American Revolution: 5-Minute Boot Camp For Unrigging Our Government
The Second American Revolution: 5-Minute Boot Camp For Unrigging Our Government
I’ve got some good news and some bad news. And once we put it all together, it’ll be news you can use — an easy way to join the Second American Revolution, now in progress.First, the bad news: You are ...
26 Mar, 2019
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10 Nonpartisan Organizations to Watch in 2020
10 Nonpartisan Organizations to Watch in 2020
There are hundreds, literally hundreds of organizations and individual campaigns working right now to fix the myriad of problems that face our political and electoral processes -- from the local to th ...
15 Mar, 2019
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21 min read
HR 1: Bipartisan Support for Popular Political Reform Evaporates in Congress
HR 1: Bipartisan Support for Popular Political Reform Evaporates in Congress
Perhaps it is not surprising that Friday’s vote on HR1, the omnibus election reform bill, broke strictly along partisan lines...
13 Mar, 2019
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American History Is Black History: Overcoming The Politics of Division
American History Is Black History: Overcoming The Politics of Division
“The establishment of democracy on the American continent was scarcely as radical a break with the (European) past as was the necessity, which Americans faced, of broadening the concept to include bla ...
22 Feb, 2019
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Organizations, Lawmakers Push for Open Primaries as Crowded 2020 Field Emerges
Organizations, Lawmakers Push for Open Primaries as Crowded 2020 Field Emerges
The 2020 presidential field is already taking shape. Nine Democrats have announced their campaigns since December, many of whose announcements went under the radar because the lack of media coverage:P ...
26 Jan, 2019
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4 Campaigns Discuss How They Terminated Gerrymandering in 2018
4 Campaigns Discuss How They Terminated Gerrymandering in 2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWUXpMO3-88Former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and the USC Schwarzenegger Institute convened the Terminate Gerrymandering Summit on January 10 at the Unive ...
17 Jan, 2019
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OPINION: Kasich Should Run for President as a Reformer
OPINION: Kasich Should Run for President as a Reformer
Ohio Gov. John Kasich is leaning strongly toward running for president in 2020 as a third-party candidate -- the wisest course for him. But if he does, he should make systemic political refo ...
05 Dec, 2018
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