Election Reform

Record GOP Turnout, on Saturdays

Jacob Soboroff | Posted 05.26.2012

Read More: Jacob Soboroff, Election Reform, Obama, Weekend Voting, Newt Gingrich, Mitt Romney, Why Tuesday, Rick Santorum, 2012, Video, Rick Santorum 2012, Santorum Louisiana, Politics News
Jacob Soboroff

This year I've crisscrossed the country with the help of Participant Media's TakePart.com to find out what the GOP presidential candidates think about moving Election Day to the weekend.

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Weekend Voting Will Work

David Orr | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Elections, Weekend Voting, Voter Turnout, Chicago Early Voting, Election Reform, Weekend Voting Act, Early Voting, Voting, Chicago News
David Orr

Weekend voting makes sense for working people and election workers alike. It's time to pass a bill to vote when most people can do it. After all, isn't voting what democracy is all about?

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Media Gets It Wrong on Winner-Take-All and Proportional Representation in GOP Contest

Rob Richie | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Elections 2012, Election Reform, Republican Presidential Primary, Gop, Instant Runoff Voting, Republican Primary, Gop 2012, Politics News
Rob Richie

Contrary to what many analysts are saying, the actual delegate count for Romney to date is far closer to what it would have been if winner-take-all rules had been used rather than a fully proportional system.

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Jason Linkins

Everyone Hates The Caucuses Now, Again

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 02.16.2012

Read More: Maine Caucus, 2012 Speculatron, Nevada Caucus, Iowa Caucus Process, Election Reform, Video, 2012 Election, Iowa Caucuses, Elections 2012, Caucus-Process, Caucuses, 2012, Politics News

Ahh, caucuses. As John Avlon notes, there is no better expression of the "romantic notions" of street-level politics than the sight of friends and nei...

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It's a Mad, Mad World

Paul J. Stockinger | Posted 03.21.2012

Read More: Elections 2012, Election Reform, Financial Crisis, Social Change, Utopia, Revolution, Politics News
Paul J. Stockinger

In May I will turn 71. From the perspective those years bring, I find the world seems to be changing in strange ways. It seems to be changing in funda...

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Understanding How the Iowa Caucuses Work - and Don't Work

Rob Richie | Posted 03.04.2012

Read More: Elections 2012, Iowa Caucuses, Iowa, Election Reform, Instant Runoff Voting, Iowa Caucus 2012, 2012 Election, Politics News
Rob Richie

The national media is in a frenzy about the Republican contest in tonight's Iowa caucuses. Unfortunately, most journalists seem to be getting the story wrong -- and a key reason is not understanding or even thinking about the rules and their implications.

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Evolving Democracy for the 21st Century

Beth Simone Noveck | Posted 01.18.2012

Read More: Government, Democracy, Social Networks, Networks, Election Reform, Elections, Government 2.0, Technology News
Beth Simone Noveck

To achieve the twin goals of more participatory and effective governance, we must innovate in how we govern. Thanks to technology, if we have the will to do so, we also now have the opportunity.

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Why Vote Tuesday? Ask the Candidates.

Jacob Soboroff | Posted 01.10.2012

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Jacob Soboroff

Voter participation in the United States is too low, and too difficult. The world's most famous democracy ranks near the bottom of all nations in vote...

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Irish Presidential Election With Instant Runoff Voting: Voter Choice Without "Spoilers"

Rob Richie | Posted 01.08.2012

Read More: Ireland, Ranked Choice Voting, Instant Runoff Voting, Electoral College, Election Reform, Elections, Voting Reform, Voting, World News
Rob Richie

We're approaching a time where states and cities will have an easy decision to make: uphold majority rule in one election or keep a plurality voting system that delivers questionable results and broken politics.

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New York City's Pursuit of a Model for 21st Century Democracy

Art Chang | Posted 12.31.2011

Read More: Election Reform, Election Process, Ny Election Reforms, Local Elections, Election Reforms, Ny Local Elections, Ny Elections, Election Politics, Occupy Wall Street Movement, Occupy Wall Street, New York News
Art Chang

We must find ways to reinvigorate the process of electing our leaders, beginning with a dramatic rethinking of the way we communicate about, and hold, our elections.

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Buying Back Our Employees in Congress

Erich Origen | Posted 09.05.2011

Read More: Politics, Election Reform, Congress, Politics News
Erich Origen

Would you knowingly hire someone who was going to spend most of the time working for someone else instead of you? Hell no, you wouldn't. That is preci...

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The New War of Independence -- Against Corporate Politics

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 09.02.2011

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Richard (RJ) Eskow

This July 4, politics is too important to be left to the politicians. The stakes are too high and the system is too broken. Citizen action is everyone's job now.

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The Greatest Show on Earth

Tom Gerdy | Posted 07.17.2011

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Tom Gerdy

"Ladies and gentlemen, children of all ages, welcome to the greatest show on Earth!" My guess is that most of your thoughts take you straight to the m...

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Taxation WITH Representation Isn't Too Great These Days

Tom Gerdy | Posted 06.12.2011

Read More: Term Limits, Policemen, Election Reform, Firefighters, Representative Democray, Government Shutdown, Balancing the Budget, Patrick Henry, Big Money, Power and Control, Budget Debate, Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death, Politics News
Tom Gerdy

Twenty-five years before the Revolutionary War began, Reverend Jonathan Mayhew was credited for having coined the rallying cry, "No taxation without r...

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Turning Back the Clock in Florida

Erika Wood | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Election Reform, Rick Scott, Florida Voting, Voting Reform, Civil Rights, Voting Rights, Ex Felon Voting Ban, Felon Vote, Politics News
Erika Wood

In less than an hour, Florida Governor Rick Scott denied the right to vote to hundreds of thousands, maybe as many as a million, Florida citizens.

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What's So Wrong with Young Voters?

David D. Burstein | Posted 05.25.2011

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David D. Burstein

Ignorance is a major issue facing our democracy and it is a bipartisan epidemic. But the real culprit in political ignorance is our education system.

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Real Vampires, Their Human Cattle and Supreme Court Capos: Time to Declare War on Corporate Personhood

Rob Kall | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rob Kall

The five conservative, activist members of the Supreme Court who revoked decades of campaign finance reform are like capos, betraying America, betraying democracy.

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San Francisco Goes to the Ballot Box for Electoral Reform

Afton Branche | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Voting Day, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Weekend Voting, Mayor Bloomberg, San Francisco Chronicle, Voter Turnout, Election Day, 2010 Election, California Propositions, 2011, San Francisco, New York City, Voting, San Francisco Election Reform, Proposition 1, Election Reform, Midterm Elections, Elections 2010, 2010 Midterm Elections, Politics News
Afton Branche

The Saturday Voting Act, a proposition that would require San Francisco to open all polling places on the Saturday before Election Day, is an innovation that could significantly boost voter turnout.

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Upholding Majority Rule With Voter Choice: It's Time for Reform

Rob Richie | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Florida, Plurality Voting, Instant Runoff Voting, Minnesota, Election Reform, Third Party, Voting Reform, Kendrick Meek, Charlie Crist, Politics News
Rob Richie

Lost in the battle for partisan control of Congress and state government is an important fact: we may be seeing the end of the two-party system as we know it.

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Michael Bloomberg, Vice President for Education, Intelligence, & Research -- Creating a Smart Nation

Robert David Steele | Posted 05.25.2011

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Robert David Steele

Below, as a memory aid and brought forward from the second post that named the Virtual Cabinet, are the elements and proposed leaders within the Vice ...

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The Tea Party: Elvis or One Hit Wonder?

Erica Payne | Posted 05.25.2011

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Erica Payne

By demanding political process change, the Tea Party could ensure a more spirited and representative democracy and in doing so shape our government for generations.

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IRS to Investigate Rove's American Crossroads and Other Corporate Front Groups

Kevin Zeese | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Election Reform, Karl Rove, Corporate Power, Midterm Elections, American Crossroads, Campaign Finance, Politics News
Kevin Zeese

Big business donors trying to hide behind the illegal anonymity of tax deductible groups being misused as electoral organizations should now be forewarned -- you may not be anonymous for long.

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National Popular Vote Approved by Washington, DC Council

Rob Richie | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Washington DC, National Popular Vote, Electoral College, Election Reform, NPV, Adrian Fenty, Politics News
Rob Richie

On September 21, the DC council voted by unanimous consent to approve the National Popular Vote plan. The bill now goes to Mayor Adrian Fenty for his signature.

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Counting on Democracy

Bob Edgar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Election Reform, 2010 Elections, Voting, Elections 2010, Politics News
Bob Edgar

In the last presidential election, up to three million eligible voters were excluded because of confusing, inadequate, unnecessarily restrictive, and unlawfully or mistakenly interpreted voting laws.

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Is Online Voter Registration the Future?

David Orr | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Election Law, Election Reform, Voting Reform, Online-Registration, Voter Registration, Cook County Politics, Voting, Chicago News
David Orr

Six states have now transitioned to online voter registration, and their taxpayers, voters and election offices are all reaping the benefits.

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