Democracy's Cookbook
Michael LatnerRecipes for political equality and popular sovereignty.
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Why Should Anyone Care About Democracy Reform in California?
I was in Berkeley this week for a forum on democracy reform in California, hosted by ProRep Coalition at the Goldman School of Public Policy. It’s the kind of room where people who study democracy bring together real people to talk about ho...
Fragmentation and Function
This essay was originally a guest post at Election Law Blog…
The following is a guest post from Michael Latner:
Richard Pildes’ thoughtful essay on yesterday’s Election Law Blog distinguishes two lines of debate over the virtues of propor...
Controlling For Party Affiliation
Yesterday the Supreme Court released its decision in Callais, the Louisiana redistricting case in which the Court determined that Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act is constitutional, if properly understood as not exceeding the “race neutra...
Budapest 2026: Consolidation Through a Hyper-Responsive Electoral System
Experimenting with some new data visualization software, and Hungary’s quick turnaround on precinct-level election results from last week’s historic election provides a great opportunity for a test run, comments are welcome!
Democracy's Co...
Consideration of Alternative Electoral Systems for the Los Angeles City Council
Mar 10, 2026
The following essay was developed from a presentation for Healthy Democracy’s Los Angeles City Charter Assembly as they consider reform recommendations made by the Charter Reform Commission.
In the wake of the “horrendous div...
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Director of Research on Democratic Reform @CHHI HLS; Professor of Political Science, California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo. Electoral engineer and builder of longer tables...
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