Electoral Reform

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The Latest Act in New York’s Redistricting Circus Is a Killer The Latest Act in New York’s Redistricting Circus Is a Killer

For national Democrats counting on the state’s redistricting to help hold the House, the latest electoral maps, which pit progressives against each other in several districts, are ...

May 27, 2022 / Ross Barkan

Summer Lee Is Exactly What a Democrat Should Be

Summer Lee Is Exactly What a Democrat Should Be Summer Lee Is Exactly What a Democrat Should Be

A super PAC is smearing Lee as a threat to the Democratic Party as she campaigns to become the first Black woman to represent Pennsylvania in Congress.

May 13, 2022 / John Nichols

New York’s Redistricting Chaos Is Now the Nation’s Problem

New York’s Redistricting Chaos Is Now the Nation’s Problem New York’s Redistricting Chaos Is Now the Nation’s Problem

National Democrats were counting on the state’s redistricting to help hold the House. That’s now very much in doubt.

May 6, 2022 / Ross Barkan

Marjorie Taylor Greene Can’t Lie Her Way Out of the Fact That She Violated the 14th Amendment

Marjorie Taylor Greene Can’t Lie Her Way Out of the Fact That She Violated the 14th Amendment Marjorie Taylor Greene Can’t Lie Her Way Out of the Fact That She Violated the 14th Amendment

The Republican representative from Georgia has no place on this year’s primary or general election ballot.

Apr 26, 2022 / John Nichols

What J.D. Vance Doesn’t Know About France

What J.D. Vance Doesn’t Know About France What J.D. Vance Doesn’t Know About France

The Ohio US Senate candidate seems unaware of how election systems in the United States and France work.

Apr 13, 2022 / John Nichols

Did Ranked-Choice Voting Make It Easier for 2 Republicans to Back Ketanji Brown Jackson?

Did Ranked-Choice Voting Make It Easier for 2 Republicans to Back Ketanji Brown Jackson? Did Ranked-Choice Voting Make It Easier for 2 Republicans to Back Ketanji Brown Jackson?

There is a good case to be made that the election systems in Alaska and Maine made it easier for Murkowski and Collins to show support for Biden’s Supreme Court nominee.

Apr 8, 2022 / John Nichols

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And the Winner of a Safe Seat in Congress Is… Elise Stefanik! And the Winner of a Safe Seat in Congress Is… Elise Stefanik!

Donald Trump’s upstate cheerleader turns out to be one of the chief beneficiaries of New York State’s congressional redistricting.

Mar 14, 2022 / Tom Gogola

We Wouldn’t Be in This Mess if D.C. Were a State

We Wouldn’t Be in This Mess if D.C. Were a State We Wouldn’t Be in This Mess if D.C. Were a State

The problem in the Senate runs deeper than Sinema and Manchin. It’s an unrepresentative chamber that must be made more representative. 

Jan 21, 2022 / John Nichols

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On Hunger Strike for Voting Rights On Hunger Strike for Voting Rights

Unite Here Local 11 has repeatedly reached out to Kyrsten Sinema to express deep dismay at the prospect that the several voter protection bills circulating in D.C. won’t pass in th...

Jan 21, 2022 / Sasha Abramsky

If the Senate Fails to Act, Voting Is Not the Only Freedom on the Line

If the Senate Fails to Act, Voting Is Not the Only Freedom on the Line If the Senate Fails to Act, Voting Is Not the Only Freedom on the Line

The same state legislators who are attacking voting rights are pushing ever-more-extreme bans and restrictions on abortion rights and access.

Jan 18, 2022 / Mini Timmaraju

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