A nationwide battle to push for use of ranked choice voting is underway and the first shots have already been let loose
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Kansas Law Requiring Voters to Prove Citizenship Blocked
The law had required everyone who registered to vote to produce documentation on their U.S. citizenship
Oklahoma Legislature Votes to Make Ballot Selfies Legal
The real threat of voting selfies is to the secret ballot: a fundamental tenet of American democracy
Working Families Party Endorses Cynthia Nixon for NY Governor
America’s newest celebrity politician Cynthia Nixon has gotten a big boost from the Working Families Party
Were Nonpartisan Elections Behind Florida Libertarian’s Local Win?
The win demonstrates the potential benefits of nonpartisan elections for independents and third party candidates
VIDEO: How the California redistricting process works
Leaders of California redistricting commission were in Pennsylvania to explain their system to local administrators
Wisconsin Voters to Retain Right to Elect State Treasurer
This an issue that touches on the ability of voters to decide on important economic matters at a state level
New York City Primaries May Use Ranked Choice Voting
Five bills in the New York legislature would implement ranked choice voting in New York city primaries
Mathematicians invent new tool to judge gerrymandering
A mathematical approach to judge gerrymandering and when political districts go beyond fairness and into manipulation
VIDEO: Discussion on corporations and the American constitution
A discussion on the long and complicated history of corporations in America, starting with British East India Company