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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
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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
1

March 2025

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

February 2025

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
7
Birth of the RCV reform movement (and its terminology)
In the room where it happened: here’s where the terms "instant runoff voting" and "ranked choice voting" come from (and why they are the exact same…
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Steven Hill
22

January 2025

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