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Need More Proof of a Rigged Political Process?
Need More Proof of a Rigged Political Process?
Most Americans believe the US is headed in the wrong direction, trust in the federal government is at dismal levels, and people are consumed by frustration, grief, and/or rage in uncertain and tumultu...
National Reformers Spotlight Record-Setting Elections under Vote at Home, Ranked Choice Voting
National Reformers Spotlight Record-Setting Elections under Vote at Home, Ranked Choice Voting
The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the inadequacies of most elections in the US, specifically when it comes to protecting the right of voters in the midst of a crisis. However, two reforms have taken c...
June's 'Super Tuesday' Proves Vote-at-Home Works, Advocates Say
June's 'Super Tuesday' Proves Vote-at-Home Works, Advocates Say
In the midst of social turmoil and civil unrest, on top of an ongoing pandemic, the news didn’t spare much time to talk about 9 primary elections held Tuesday -- primaries that, according to vote at h...
Courts Will Protect the Voting Rights of Party Members, But Why Not Independents?
Courts Will Protect the Voting Rights of Party Members, But Why Not Independents?
New York state cannot cancel the Democratic presidential primary, according to a ruling by a federal judge on Tuesday after top Democratic leaders tried to remove presidential candidates from the...
The Biggest Stories You've Missed This Month to End the Two-Party Duopoly
The Biggest Stories You've Missed This Month to End the Two-Party Duopoly
The one silver lining pro-voter reformers see in the midst of these unprecedented and troubling times is that voters are now even more aware of the weaknesses in the US political and electoral process...
Why prosecuting senators for trading on Covid would be so tough
Why prosecuting senators for trading on Covid would be so tough
This story was originally published on The Conversation, and later re-published on The Fulcrum.Recent allegations regarding stock trading by members of Congress in the middle of the Covid-19 pandemic ...
Pro-Voter Groups Stand Up for Safer, Fairer Elections in This Crisis
Pro-Voter Groups Stand Up for Safer, Fairer Elections in This Crisis
‘Anger.’ ‘Frustration.’ ‘Controversy.’ ‘Chaos.’ Those were among the words used to describe Tuesday’s Wisconsin primary as voters were given a choice: Risk their health to vote in-person or have no vo...
Opinion: Ranked Choice Voting Must Be A Part of the Coronavirus Elections Fix
Opinion: Ranked Choice Voting Must Be A Part of the Coronavirus Elections Fix
Richie is president and Daley a senior fellow at FairVote, a nonpartisan electoral reform group that promotes ranked-choice voting. This month Daley published "Unrigged: How Americans Are Battling Bac...
Sanders Criticizes California for Denying Independent Voters the Right to Vote
Sanders Criticizes California for Denying Independent Voters the Right to Vote
All the momentum in the 2020 Democratic presidential race appears to be behind US Senator Bernie Sanders after another victory in Nevada over the weekend. Now, headed into the most consequential Super...
Can't Argue With Science: MIT Study Supports Growing Demands to Unrig US Elections
Can't Argue With Science: MIT Study Supports Growing Demands to Unrig US Elections
The beginning of the 2020 presidential election was an unmitigated disaster. Results that should have been reported the night-of in Iowa instead took days as a result of technical issues with an app a...