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Steven Hill, Alan Durning, Terry Bouricius, Meredith Sumpter, Paul Haughey, Rob Richie, Joe Mathews"Saving our democracy...E Pluribus Unum"
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Is Open List PR the best path to racial representation? Or will it undermine it?
[This article is Part II to Monday’s SCOTUS voting rights demolition opens door to better representation, starting off where Part I ended]
With the right-wing majority on the US Supreme Court strangling to near-death the Voting Rights Act...
SCOTUS voting rights demolition opens door to better representation
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Would randomly selected assemblies provide better governance than elected legislatures?
[At DemocracySOS, we like to feature a range of interesting political reforms. In this article, we welcome as a guest author Terry Bouricius, a former colleague of mine at the Center for Voting and Democracy/FairVote, who is also the author...
Shaky political science: using "simulated" elections over real-world elections
[Dear DSOS readers – this article is the latest in our “Shaky Political Science” series. In our 38 page report, “Shaky political ‘science’ misses mark on ranked choice voting,” released in early December, we examined over 40 studies focused...
Orbán’s blunder: his gerrymander backfired, giving the opposition 91% of district seats
[Welcome to DemocracySOS, a newsletter about the failings of America’s “winner take all” democracy, as well as proposed reforms and solutions. If you like this article, please consider becoming a paying subscriber to support this work. At $...
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Chief editor & contributor @DemocracySOS, author of 7 books incl 10 Steps to Repair US Democracy, Fixing Elections & Europe's Promise.FairVote (co-founder, fmr asst dir) New America, CHT, WZB, articles/intvus NYTimes, WAPost, Wall St Jrnl, CNN, CSpan
ED at Sightline Institute, Cascadia's think tank.
Former politician and election reform policy analyst, since turned democratic lottery advocate.
FairVote CEO
Political commentator, author of "Divided and Conquered: How to Fix our Divisive Political System," and volunteer for CalRCV.org promoting ranked choice voting.
Rob Richie leads Expand Democracy. As head of FairVote, he created the partisan voting index, designed Alaska’s Top Four system, and advanced the Fair Representation Act, National Popular Vote, automatic voter registration, and ranked choice voting.
Journalist. Founder, new planetary publication, Democracy Local. Fellow, Berggruen Institute. Syndicated columnist, Zocalo Public Square. Author of three books. Co-president, Global Forum on Modern Direct Democracy..
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