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April lessons: in truth, the South won the Civil War, not the North
…and Trump is the heir to that toxic legacy
 • 
Steven Hill
Ranked Choice Voting as a stepping stone to Proportional Representation
Voter support for ranked choice voting translates into support for proportional representation in ways that support for other reforms do not
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Eveline Dowling
2
How the White House plans to gain control over US elections
Trump executive orders aim to politicize the federal agencies that oversee elections and media regulation, the FEC and the FCC
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Steven Hill
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Which proportional representation method is best for America?
 • Steven Hill
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The US Supreme Court and Viktor Orbán – birds of a feather
 • Steven Hill
12
Top Four primary with Ranked Choice Voting leads US reform efforts
 • Steven Hill
8
Winning proportional representation: How to design an American solution
 • Cynthia Richie Terrell and Rob Richie
Alaska election results show why Condorcet is obsolete
 • Steven Hill
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Here’s Why Sarah Palin Lost to Alaska Native Democrat Mary Peltola
 • Steven Hill
10
Two, three, many Alaskas
Political scientist and electoral methods expert Henry Milner proposes a path forward for political reform in the US -- spurred by the erratic Trump…
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Henry Milner
1
Announcing: Rob Richie's new pro-democracy organization
Introducing "Expand Democracy": Rob's new organization will promote pro-democracy ideas by helping others succeed
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Rob Richie
Strategy talk: How to move RCV reform forward
By Eveline Dowling Ph.D. and Caroline Tolbert Ph.D.
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Steven Hill
7
“The World Turned Upside down”
Polish anti-Communist hero Lech Walesa reminds Americans what made the US great – since Trump seems to have forgotten it (or else he never knew)
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Steven Hill
8
How to democratize New York City (and Philly and Baltimore and…)
NYC once used proportional representation to elect its city council in party-based elections. Here’s how and why it should start doing so again.
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Steven Hill
12
The sticky glue and invisible threads of democracy
US democracy depends not only on laws but on age-old unwritten customs and agreements. Those are being shredded by the increasingly authoritarian Trump
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Steven Hill
1
German elections headed for a crash? Need RCV?
With three parties potentially missing the 5% victory threshold, why don’t List PR systems allow voters to rank more than one party?
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Steven Hill
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