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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.
My recent book: PARTICIPANT OBSERVER: AN UNCONVENTIONAL LIFE IN POLITICS AND ACADEMIA includes two chapters on my efforts to bring proportional voting to Quebec and Canada https://books.friesenpress.com/store/title/119734000201036289
Grant Tudor is a policy advocate with Protect Democracy, where he develops and advocates for a range of reforms to shore up our democratic institutions.
Expand Democracy seeks to catalyze and support action by organizations and elected officials in support of electoral reform solutions. We support existing reform efforts and draw attention to ways of advancing new ideas and strategies.
Political commentator, author of "Divided and Conquered: How to Fix our Divisive Political System," and volunteer for CalRCV.org promoting ranked choice voting.
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