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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
OPINION: The Best Antidote to Trumpism is More Democracy
OPINION: The Best Antidote to Trumpism is More Democracy
Democrats, if they acted out of more than pique and the need to feed red meat to their base, hoped that the second impeachment would prevent Trump from running again, legally disqualifying him. Justic ...
01 Feb, 2021
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3 min read
OPINION: The Best Antidote to Trumpism is More Democracy
OPINION: The Best Antidote to Trumpism is More Democracy
It has become clear that there is not even close to the 2/3 majority needed in the Senate to vote to convict. While the House vote to impeach helped the Democrats shape the post capitol incursion, post inaugural narrative, it has left the Democratic leadership “all dressed up...
01 Feb, 2021
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3 min read
 National Reform Leaders Lay Out the Future of Better Elections for 2021 and Beyond
National Reform Leaders Lay Out the Future of Better Elections for 2021 and Beyond
US voters and reform practitioners had an opportunity over the weekend to wrap up 2020 celebrating the success of historic proposals for better elections and discuss future endeavors to give the Ameri ...
14 Dec, 2020
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8 min read
Despite Reform Gains, Partisan Interests Still Largely Control Redistricting Process
Despite Reform Gains, Partisan Interests Still Largely Control Redistricting Process
Editor's Note: This article originally appeared on The Fulcrum and has been republished on IVN with permission from the publisher.‍Next year's redistricting landscape is, at best, a mixed bag for good ...
24 Nov, 2020
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8 min read
The 10 Most Important Better Elections Proposals to be Decided This Election
The 10 Most Important Better Elections Proposals to be Decided This Election
Editor's Note: This article originally appeared in The Fulcrum and has been republished on IVN with permission from the publisher.‍It's often hard to see, but much more is at stake Tuesday than the pr ...
29 Oct, 2020
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12 min read
OPINION: Forget Court Packing; We Need to Talk About Limiting Judicial Review
OPINION: Forget Court Packing; We Need to Talk About Limiting Judicial Review
Joe Biden, if he wins the presidency, has promised to create a bipartisan commission to recommend changes to the “out of whack” American court system. The commission’s prime focus will almost certainl ...
28 Oct, 2020
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8 min read
OPINION: Forget Court Packing; We Need to Talk About Limiting Judicial Review
OPINION: Forget Court Packing; We Need to Talk About Limiting Judicial Review
Judicial review does not appear in the Constitution. As former Justice Antonin Scalia admitted, “The Constitution of the United States nowhere says that the Supreme Court shall be the last word on what the Constitution means…"
28 Oct, 2020
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8 min read
Who’s Really Behind the Fight for Better Elections?
Who’s Really Behind the Fight for Better Elections?
The democracy reform movement is having a moment right now. There are campaigns all across the country fighting gerrymandering, corruption, voter suppression, and plurality voting.Because of this, we ...
27 Oct, 2020
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4 min read
Replacing Cash Bail: Fairer Justice or Robopocalypse?
Replacing Cash Bail: Fairer Justice or Robopocalypse?
California is either about to right decades of inequality between rich and poor defendants by eliminating cash bail, or it’s about to turn over its justice system to robots. The question of what to do ...
23 Oct, 2020
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5 min read