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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
Apr 21
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Steven Hill
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April lessons: in truth, the South won the Civil War, not the North
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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
Apr 10
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Eveline Dowling
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Ranked Choice Voting as a stepping stone to Proportional Representation
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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
Apr 3
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Steven Hill
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How the White House plans to gain control over US elections
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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…
Mar 25
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Henry Milner
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Announcing: Rob Richie's new pro-democracy organization
Introducing "Expand Democracy": Rob's new organization will promote pro-democracy ideas by helping others succeed
Mar 17
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Rob Richie
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Strategy talk: How to move RCV reform forward
By Eveline Dowling Ph.D. and Caroline Tolbert Ph.D.
Mar 13
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Steven Hill
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Strategy talk: How to move RCV reform forward
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“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)
Mar 9
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Steven Hill
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“The World Turned Upside down”
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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.
Mar 3
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Steven Hill
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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
Feb 20
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Steven Hill
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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?
Feb 13
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Steven Hill
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German elections headed for a crash? Need RCV?
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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…
Feb 6
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Steven Hill
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Birth of the RCV reform movement (and its terminology)
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January 2025
What would the Founders and Framers do today?
For over two centuries, Americans have experimented with different ways of electing their political representatives. Where is the spirit of innovation…
Jan 31
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Steven Hill
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