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The polls from the Democratic side of New York City mayoral’s race feel like an old Abbott and Costello routine. Who’s on first?
Read moreOn June 11, the Guardian released an investigation uncovering deceptive election campaigning in the 2018 US midterm elections. The digital marketing firm Rally Forge funded a series of misleading Facebook ads promoting Green party candidates.
Read moreH.R. 3863, the Fair Representation Act (FRA), was recently reintroduced to the House of Representatives. One of the key benefits of this bill is its negation of weaponized gerrymandering within each state.
Read moreElection day in New York’s June 22 primaries—the largest American city thus far to adopt ranked choice voting (RCV)—is a week away. While the method will be used in contests ranging from city council to borough president, the most high-profile race utilizing RCV is the mayoral race—and the stakes are high.
Read moreAs the last few presidential primary election cycles have shown, the selection of a major party’s nominee has a profound impact on the American political ecosystem. Recent primary cycles have seen increasingly crowded fields
Read moreIn the 218 days between May 17th and December 21st of 2020, Americans became painfully aware of crucial flaws in our country’s policy making process. American political leaders have been complaining about gridlock for centuries.
Read moreRep. Don Beyer just reintroduced the Fair Representation Act (FRA) in Congress, which would implement ranked choice voting and multi-member districts for congressional elections. Since its inception, the bill has been hailed by academic leaders in the United States and around the world as a way to fix our broken elections, eliminate gerrymandering, and tackle America’s growing crisis of polarization. Here are some examples of what they have said.
Read moreThis year, New York City is seeing huge numbers of candidates filing to run for the first City Council elections with ranked choice voting (RCV) in the city. The upcoming primaries on June 22nd are a huge moment for RCV, as the largest city in the nation adopts a fairer method of counting votes.
Read moreOn Sunday, June 6th, voters across Peru will get to choose between two candidates for President, both of whom received fewer than 20% of votes just two months ago.
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