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The Coronavirus Stimulus Package Will Be Toxic to Incumbents
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES) Act of 2020 (H.R. 748) was by far the most gargantuan emergency economic stimulus package ever passed by Congress.The American ...
23 Apr, 2020
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10 min read
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 ...
23 Apr, 2020
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12 min read
New Study Concludes Neutral Partisan Effects of Vote at Home
Attacks have been made from both the right and the left about the viability of vote at home systems and their potential to advantage one party over the other. In the midst of a global pandemic that co ...
17 Apr, 2020
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4 min read
Saving the Voting Rights Act: Virginia as a case study for reform
Originally published on The Fulcrum.Enactment of the Voting Rights Act in 1965 remains a celebrated landmark in American history. It's time to celebrate the law's potential anew by making some big cha ...
15 Apr, 2020
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5 min read
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 ...
08 Apr, 2020
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12 min read
Three Ways COVID-19 Could Help Trump's Reelection Bid
In case you hadn’t heard, COVID-19 has disrupted the economy perhaps more than any other singular event in history. Here are three metrics to get a sense of the damage.Goldman Sachs originally forecas ...
05 Apr, 2020
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9 min read
Unrig Roundtable: How Vote-At-Home Can Save Our Republic and Save Lives
The COVID-19 pandemic has put a strain on American life and the democratic process. Voters want a meaningful say in the 2020 elections, but they don’t want to risk their health to exercise their const ...
02 Apr, 2020
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6 min read
Our weakened democracy may be made even weaker by coronavirus
Originally published on The Fulcrum.Sarat is a professor of jurisprudence and political science at Amherst College.Responding to its place at the center of the coronavirus pandemic, New York has now j ...
02 Apr, 2020
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5 min read
Another coronavirus victim: public access to government
Originally published on The Fulcrum.Advocates of open government are sounding the alarm that local, state and federal officials are too quickly sacrificing public access to the cause of public health ...
27 Mar, 2020
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4 min read
Pandemic Elicits Surge to Save A Democratic Process Already in Crisis
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a dramatic and devastating impact on American society and the economy. All 50 states and the president have declared a state of emergency, and over 100 million Americans ...
24 Mar, 2020
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10 min read