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1 in 8 Iowans Targeted for Eventual Purge Under New Voting Curbs
1 in 8 Iowans Targeted for Eventual Purge Under New Voting Curbs
Editor's Note: This article originally appeared on The Fulcrum and has been republished on IVN with permission from the publisher. ‍Iowa is already seeing the effects of the year's first Republic ...
29 Apr, 2021
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2 min read
Funny Ed Helms Short Shows Just How Unfunny Gerrymandering Is
Funny Ed Helms Short Shows Just How Unfunny Gerrymandering Is
‍RepresentUs, the nation’s largest anti-corruption organization, released a short video starring comedic actor Ed Helm highlighting the true impact and consequence of partisan gerrymandering. The iron ...
27 Apr, 2021
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2 min read
Georgia’s New Election Law: Reasonable or Racist?
Georgia’s New Election Law: Reasonable or Racist?
Shawn Griffiths joins host T. J. O’Hara on Deconstructed to discuss Georgia’s controversial new election law. Mr. Griffiths is a nationally recognized expert in political reform and voting rights and ...
21 Apr, 2021
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2 min read
It's Time For Nonpartisan Leadership to Run  State Elections
It's Time For Nonpartisan Leadership to Run State Elections
Editor's Note: This piece by Larry Diamond, Kevin Johnson, and Miles Rapoport originally published on The Hill, and has been republished with permission from the authors.‍Two secretaries of state were ...
06 Apr, 2021
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5 min read
Independent Voters Aren’t Just Growing, They're Changing American Politics
Independent Voters Aren’t Just Growing, They're Changing American Politics
Just a few weeks after the storming of the Capitol and the impeachment trial, Gallup found for the first time that 50% of voters identify as independents.  Registered independent voters are now t ...
06 Apr, 2021
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4 min read
HR 1 Exacts Partisan Political Advantage in Exchange for Desperately Needed Voting Rights
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 ...
21 Mar, 2021
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10 min read
What The Heck Is The Two-Party Duopoly?
What The Heck Is The Two-Party Duopoly?
What is the duopoly? On the surface this may seem like a common sense question: We have a political system dominated by two major parties. Hence, we have a duopoly. That simple, right?  Yet, the ...
05 Feb, 2021
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16 min read
Joe Biden Can't Bring Voters Together, But There's One Reform That Can
Joe Biden Can't Bring Voters Together, But There's One Reform That Can
‍There are a number of nonpartisan reforms being proposed to address the myriad of deep systemic problems that ensure US elections primarily serve the private, gain-seeking interests of the Republican ...
29 Jan, 2021
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22 min read
Joe Biden Can't Bring Voters Together, But There's One Reform That Can
Joe Biden Can't Bring Voters Together, But There's One Reform That Can
Ranked choice voting, or the ability to rank candidates on the ballot in order of preference instead of simply choosing one, has been adopted and/or implemented in 21 cities and 2 states, representing a total voting age population of over 9.2 million people.
29 Jan, 2021
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22 min read
The Conversation on Election Integrity Neither Party Wants You to Hear
The Conversation on Election Integrity Neither Party Wants You to Hear
Challenging the legitimacy of elections in the elections is becoming more of a norm than many people might realize. However, this is having a lasting and damaging impact on the public's confidence in the electoral process.
15 Jan, 2021
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28 min read