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Nuts & Bolts

The mechanics of how electoral systems work, and how other components of our democracy work (or don't work). Electoral systems are the OS of representative democracy.

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California, Arizona, and Nevada have shifted to even-year elections, boosting turnout and saving money—with lessons for other states.

Feb 1

Democracy is like a puzzle: you have to fit all the pieces together to see the Big Picture

Oct 21, 2022

The basic architecture of US democracy bedevils voters, candidates and political parties alike

Sep 20, 2022

Condorcet advocates use the wrong standard for evaluating Ranked Choice Voting elections

Sep 14, 2022

The architecture of “winner take all” elections magnifies the pernicious effects of privately financed campaigns

Aug 5, 2022

What’s this? The same votes cast through different electoral systems can elect completely different representatives?

Jun 24, 2022

While contextually an improvement over plurality elections, approval voting has downsides compared to ranked choice voting

Jun 21, 2022

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